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title: "Leeds: Dean Jones makes Noa Lang claim"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Follow up"
published: "2022-07-09T16:10:58Z"
modified: "2022-07-09T16:10:58Z"
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# Leeds: Dean Jones makes Noa Lang claim

**Noa Lang is on a ‘really exciting’ list of candidates to replace Raphinha at [Leeds United](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-news/), transfer insider Dean Jones has told [GiveMeSport](https://www.givemesport.com/88030860-leeds-definitely-like-exciting-46-8m-forwards-at-elland-road).**

### The lowdown

The Brazilian’s time at Elland Road could well be coming to an end as Barcelona, Chelsea and Arsenal pursue him (via [The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/news/leeds-raphinha-transfer/k38ukAJ6COPK/)). The 25-year-old would like to join the La Liga giants, but their ‘financial strife’ has prevented them from meeting Leeds’ valuation.

Chelsea have submitted a bid worth close to £60m but the player is waiting for the Spanish giants. Arsenal, for their part, saw an offer of less than £40m rebuffed by the Whites.

Leeds manager Jesse Marsch says that there’s a degree of ‘[urgency](https://theathletic.com/news/leeds-raphinha-transfer/k38ukAJ6COPK/)‘ from the player’s camp as they seek to resolve Raphinha’s future.

### The latest

Jones has said that Leeds have already drawn up their shortlist of potential successors for the 25-year-old, and it includes Club Brugge dynamo Lang, as well as PSV Eindhoven’s Cody Gakpo.

The transfer insider told [GiveMeSport](https://www.givemesport.com/88030860-leeds-definitely-like-exciting-46-8m-forwards-at-elland-road): “We know that they’ve been looking at some other really exciting names.

“Noa Lang is a long-term target, somebody that they definitely like. Gakpo is definitely admired and somebody that they’ve had on their list.”

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### The verdict

The pursuit of Lang is a long-term one, dating back to the tenure of Marcelo Bielsa.

Last summer, when the 23-year-old was on the books at Ajax, Leeds representatives flew to the Netherlands to try to strike a deal, but they were unsuccessful with all three of their offers (via [The Mirror](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united-noa-lang-transfer-27122773)).

However, it seems that Marsch is just as big a fan of the Dutchman as his predecessor, and the Yorkshire outfit could be about to reignite their pursuit of the [five-cap](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/noa-lang/nationalmannschaft/spieler/339332/verein_id/3379) international.

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Lang’s form last season, when he bagged [nine goals](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/noa-lang/leistungsdaten/spieler/339332/plus/0?saison=2021) and laid on [15 assists](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/noa-lang/leistungsdaten/spieler/339332/plus/0?saison=2021) for Belgian champions Brugge, may well have caught Leeds’ eye.

Similar in profile to the likes of Jadon Sancho, Adama Traore and Wilfried Zaha according to [FBRef](https://fbref.com/en/players/8e034340/Noa-Lang), the [£19.8m-rated](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/noa-lang/profil/spieler/339332) Lang is notably a team-mate of [another reported Leeds target](https://theathletic.com/3392239/2022/07/01/de-ketelaere-leeds-milan/) in Charles de Ketalaere.

Lang has branded himself an ‘[entertainer](https://talksport.com/football/1130894/noa-lang-netherlands-wales-louis-van-gaal-arsenal-real-madrid/)‘ but his discipline needs to improve. Indeed, Marsch will surely be aware that the winger racked up a whopping [11 yellow cards and two reds](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/noa-lang/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/339332/plus/0?saison=2021&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=) last term, which could be a concern given that the Whites had the Premier League’s [worst disciplinary record](https://www.whoscored.com/Regions/252/Tournaments/2/Seasons/8618/Stages/19793/TeamStatistics/England-Premier-League-2021-2022) in 2021/22.