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title: "Leeds: Arnaud Kalimuendo update emerges"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Leeds United News"
published: "2022-07-11T18:35:30Z"
modified: "2022-07-11T18:35:30Z"
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# Leeds: Arnaud Kalimuendo update emerges

**Leeds United target Arnaud Kalimuendo is available for £21million, according to French newspaper [L’Equipe](https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Article/Paredes-icardi-diallo-et-si-paris-vendait-enfin-bien/1342860).**

### The lowdown

Kalimuendo, 20, has [come through the youth ranks](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/arnaud-kalimuendo/profil/spieler/585959) at Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain.

He has spent the last two seasons out on loan with another side in the French top flight, RC Lens.

The Frenchman, who has [played virtually all of his football as a centre-forward](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/arnaud-kalimuendo/leistungsdaten/spieler/585959), is under contract at the Parc des Princes [until the summer of 2024](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/arnaud-kalimuendo/profil/spieler/585959).

### The latest

L’Equipe (via [TEAMtalk](https://www.teamtalk.com/leeds-united/arnaud-kalimuendo-transfer-shortfall-revealed-17m-offer-victor-orta-fails)) report that Leeds will only have to increase an initial offer of £17million by £4million in order to agree a deal for Kalimuendo.

It remains to be seen whether Victor Orta and Andrea Radrizzani return to the table and matches their price, or whether he instead tries to reach a middle ground or move on to another target.

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### The verdict

Leeds [want to sign a striker](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-boss-jesse-marsch-provides-raphinha-transfer-update-and-admits-striker-wish-3760788) and Kalimuendo could be an excellent long-term purchase.

He bagged [12 goals in 34 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/arnaud-kalimuendo/leistungsdaten/spieler/585959/plus/0?saison=2021) last season for a Lens side that finished in seventh, averaging one every 181 minutes.

Impressively, he reached that tally from an [expected goals of just 9.4](https://fbref.com/en/players/bf4c41f9/Arnaud-Kalimuendo), suggesting he’s clinical in front of goal.

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Kalimuendo is, in the words of talent scout [Jacek Kulig](https://twitter.com/FTalentScout/status/1544687768227512320), ‘one of the most prolific U20s in Europe’s top five leagues’.

The [French Under-21 international](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/arnaud-kalimuendo/nationalmannschaft/spieler/585959) could come to look like a real coup for Leeds in a couple of years’ time.