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title: "Leeds: Everton made late Dan James enquiry"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-everton-made-late-dan-james-enquiry/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Leeds United News"
published: "2022-09-02T09:15:37Z"
modified: "2022-09-02T09:15:37Z"
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# Leeds: Everton made late Dan James enquiry

**Everton made a late enquiry for [Leeds United](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-news/) winger Dan James, according to [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-everton-make-last-gasp-move-to-sign-leeds-united-star-dan-james/).**

### The Lowdown: Dramatic deadline day

The Whites were involved in the most chaotic story of deadline day with a move for Bamba Dieng. Leeds moved to Dieng after missing out on PSV’s [Cody Gakpo](https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1565254474939211776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and appeared to be edging closer to a [deal](https://twitter.com/PhilHay_/status/1565314383546404870).

Andrea Radrizzani even welcomed the player on Twitter, however, the forward then opted to undergo a medical with [Nice](https://twitter.com/David_Ornstein/status/1565373972811812872), one that he [failed](https://twitter.com/PhilHay_/status/1565448267462230019).

Victor Orta’s phone was ringing from a number of sides for James as well, adding to the pressure of a manic 24 hours.

### The Latest: Everton enquiry

According to [FI](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-everton-make-last-gasp-move-to-sign-leeds-united-star-dan-james/), Everton made a late approach for James’ services on deadline day.

As we now know, the Toffees got rejected, with James’ only [preference](https://theathletic.com/3558846/2022/09/01/dan-james-fulham-leeds-transfer/) being a move to Fulham on a season-long loan, with FC Zurich forward [Wilfried Gnonto](https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/30323/leeds-united-complete-deadline-day-deal-for-wilfried-gnonto) arriving at Elland Road.

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### The Verdict: Under the radar…

It looked as if it was between [Fulham and Tottenham](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/19677844/fulham-dan-james-transfer-deadline-day/) when it came to James, so it is interesting to see that Everton also fancied signing the Wales international.

Hailed by Wales boss Robert Page as [‘unbelievable’ and ‘talented’](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10656919/Robert-Page-insists-goals-come-talented-Daniel-James.html), James failed to hit the heights at Elland Road, however, he was used more as a [centre-forward](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/daniel-james/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/319301/plus/0?saison=&verein=399&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=) than his preferred position as a winger in Yorkshire.

Hopefully, he’ll play regularly with Fulham, and who knows, that could result in a return to form for Leeds for the 2023/24 campaign as he is still under contract until [2026](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/daniel-james/profil/spieler/319301).