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title: "Leeds: Whites watching Alberth Elis intently"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-watching-alberth-elis-transfer-news-pete-orourke/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Follow up"
published: "2022-06-20T20:10:33Z"
modified: "2022-06-20T20:10:33Z"
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# Leeds: Whites watching Alberth Elis intently

**Leeds ‘will be monitoring’ winger Alberth Elis ‘closely’, journalist Pete O’Rourke has told [GiveMeSport](https://www.givemesport.com/88022105-leeds-closely-monitoring-53-cap-forward-at-elland-road).**

### The lowdown

The 26-year-old spent the 2021/22 season on loan at Bordeaux in Ligue 1 from parent club Boavista, with the French outfit having [exercised the option](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alberth-elis/profil/spieler/281319) to sign him permanently for a fee of £5.4m.

However, his future at the club may be in doubt after Les Girondins were demoted to the third tier of the French pyramid ‘[due to their financial situation](https://theathletic.com/news/bordeaux-relegated-third-tier-finances/RwgffSBUcbGk/)‘. Bordeaux had finished bottom of the top flight and had expected to be playing Ligue 2 football next term, but this has dramatically compounded their misery.

Elis [played most of his football on the right flank](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alberth-elis/leistungsdaten/spieler/281319) last season but also featured as a centre-forward on [seven occasions](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alberth-elis/leistungsdaten/spieler/281319).

### The latest

O’Rourke has said that Leeds will be waiting for an ‘opportunity’ to pounce and escalate their [reported interest](https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/leeds-united-target-alberth-elis-24194705) in Elis, who has [53 caps](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alberth-elis/nationalmannschaft/spieler/281319/verein_id/3590) for Honduras.

The reporter told [GiveMeSport](https://www.givemesport.com/88022105-leeds-closely-monitoring-53-cap-forward-at-elland-road): “I’m sure Leeds will be monitoring his situation closely, and if the opportunity does come, they will be able to offer him that opportunity to move to the Premier League.”

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### The verdict

Should Leeds look to capitalise on Bordeaux’s woes and swoop for Elis?

His [return of nine goals](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alberth-elis/leistungsdaten/spieler/281319) for a team which propped up the table is impressive in itself, and that’s even before you consider that he only played 1,415 minutes across 20 top-flight appearances. Doing the maths, he found the net every 157 minutes on average.

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According to [FBRef](https://fbref.com/en/players/104b4ad3/Alberth-Elis), Elis is similar in profile to West Ham United’s Jarrod Bowen, offering a significant goal threat from out wide. Indeed, according to a translated tweet from journalist Zach Lowy, ‘The Little Panther’ ([as he’s nicknamed](https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/tchalla-panterita-dynamos-alberth-elis-celebrates-goal-panther-mask)) simply ‘[does not stop scoring](https://twitter.com/ZachLowy/status/1473796215515107333)‘.

With uncertainty continuing to abound over Raphinha’s future at Elland Road, and amid the chaos at Bordeaux, Leeds could do a lot worse than consider a swoop for the Honduran.

**In other news, [Leeds are also keeping tabs on this Premier League winger](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/wolves-news/adama-traore-leeds-interest-18m-fosun-wolves/)**