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title: "Leeds United: New Marc Roca price tag emerges"
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published: "2022-06-11T19:27:55Z"
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# Leeds United: New Marc Roca price tag emerges

**Leeds can sign Marc Roca from Bayern Munich from an ever lower fee than first reported.**

### The lowdown

[The Athletic’s Phil Hay](https://theathletic.com/news/leeds-transfer-news-marc-roca/qytGAuifcTwu/) reported on Thursday that Leeds have ‘turned their attention’ to Roca after completing the signing of Ramus Kristensen, their second of the summer.

The Whites identified Roca as a target back in January and want to bolster their midfield.

Hay wrote that the Spaniard, also admired by West Ham United, is available for a fee of £10million.

Roca [made just 13 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/marc-roca/leistungsdaten/spieler/336869) for Bayern last season, starting only four Bundesliga matches over the course of the campaign.

### The latest

German publication Bild (via [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/leeds-midfield-target-sales-list-club-let-go-e9m-player-wants-move/)) explain that Roca is ‘on the sales list’ after being informed ‘he isn’t good enough for a regular place’.

If Bayern are offered ‘around €9million’ (£7.7million) for his services, then ‘they would let him go’.

Roca himself is ‘open to a new beginning’ and hopes to find a new club who will give him ‘significantly more playing time’.

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### The verdict

Clearly, Roca’s [£8.1million](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/marc-roca/profil/spieler/336869) move from Espanyol to Bayern hasn’t worked out.

Julian Nagelsmann’s side are [willing to sell him at a loss](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/marc-roca/profil/spieler/336869) just two years into a five-year contract.

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Still, there’s no shame in failing to muscle a way into a title-winning side, when players like Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka are your competition.

Spanish football expert [Guillem Balague has spoken](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-transfer-target-gets-unanimous-verdict-of-laliga-and-bundesliga-experts-amid-questions-3728027) glowingly of Roca’s individual qualities, comparing the ‘absolutely brilliant’ midfielder to Manchester City’s Rodri and even dubbing him ‘the Toni Kroos of Espanyol’.

He has the potential to be a good replacement for Kalvin Phillips, should he leave Leeds this summer.

**In other news, [Fabrizio Romano shares a Leeds transfer update](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-news/leeds-united-sonny-perkins-transfer-gossip-news/).**