Report: Leeds United asked about five Lazio players, Luiz Felipe available at £27 million

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Leeds United have reportedly enquired about several players at one of Marcelo Bielsa’s former clubs, Lazio. 

That is according to a report from Il Messaggero, with some extremely eye-catching names on the list. 

The report claims that Leeds United chairman Andrea Radrizzani asked about five Lazio players using his trusted intermediary Lorenzo Tonetti. The five players were Luiz Felipe, Jordan Lukaku, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Luis Alberto, and Ciro Immobile.

The latter trio are, of course, massive names coming off the back of impressive campaigns in Serie A. Therefore, all three players were quickly ruled out as impossible targets. 

Felipe and Lukaku seem more likely options, in particular the Brazilian centre-back. 

The report claims that the Biancocelesti could be willing to part ways with the defender for a fee in the region of €30 million (£27m). They would then use that money to pursue their own targets, namely Marash Kumbulla and Kim Min-Jae of Verona and Beijing Guoan respectively.

Leeds are, of course, in need of a new centre-back, with Ben White’s loan spell coming to an end. German international Robin Koch appears to be the number one option but he has interest from a number of clubs across Europe and Felipe might be an even better, if not more expensive, option. 

The 23-year-old has excelled since joining Lazio in 2016, the same summer Bielsa spent an ill-fated two days as Lazio boss. He even found himself linked with a potential move to Barcelona earlier this year, so would be an eye-catching acquisition if Leeds were to pull it off.