{"id":566979,"date":"2020-09-24T09:17:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T13:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=566979"},"modified":"2020-09-24T09:31:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T13:31:52","slug":"leeds-united-confirm-signing-of-diego-llorente-from-real-sociedad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/24\/leeds-united-confirm-signing-of-diego-llorente-from-real-sociedad\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United Confirm Signing of Diego Llorente From Real Sociedad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/leeds-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Leeds United<\/a> have completed the signing of Diego Llorente from La Liga side Real Sociedad for an undisclosed fee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk\/sport\/football\/leeds-united\/leeds-united-transfer-news-recap-whites-agree-fee-diego-llorente-switch-2979239\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">thought to be<\/a> around \u20ac20 million.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year old is Marcelo Bielsa\u2019s seventh signing of the transfer window and becomes the second Spanish player to move to Elland Road, with striker <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/08\/29\/leeds-united-confirm-rodrigo-signing\/\" target=\"_self\">Rodrigo joining<\/a> earlier in the transfer window from Valencia.<\/p>\n<p>Capped five times by his native Spain, the central defender has <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/22\/report-spanish-centre-back-diego-llorente-close-to-sealing-move-to-leeds-united\/\" target=\"_self\">signed a four-year contract at Elland Road<\/a> and bolsters Leeds\u2019 backline which includes new signing Robin Koch from Bundesliga side SC Freiburg. He was part of their most recent squad that faced Germany and Ukraine in the UEFA Nations League.<\/p>\n<h2>Leeds United Confirm Signing of Diego Llorente<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2139\ufe0f OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RealSociedad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RealSociedad<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LUFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@LUFC<\/a> have reached an agreement in principle for the transfer of  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/diego_2llorente?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@diego_2llorente<\/a>. Eskerrik asko, thank you! We wish you the best of luck in this new stage of your career, Diego!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AurreraReala?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AurreraReala<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hnJvxcXQcN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/hnJvxcXQcN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Real Sociedad \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@RealSociedadEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealSociedadEN\/status\/1308484986786414597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Alternative Targets<\/h3>\n<p>Leeds\u2019 move for Llorente comes after missing out on number one target Ben White and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/18\/report-josko-gvardiol-and-rodrigo-de-paul-still-wanted-by-leeds-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Josko Gvardiol<\/a>. White spent last season on-loan at the club but <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/01\/ben-white-pens-down-new-four-year-deal-at-brighton\/\" target=\"_self\">recently signed a new contract with Brighton &amp; Hove Albion<\/a>. The club also had three bids turned down for the 22-year old central defender.<\/p>\n<p>After failing to sign their number one target, the Yorkshire club had agreed on a deal with Dinamo Zagreb for Gvardiol, who turned down the contract offer and is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1309119312679129092\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">set to join RB Leipzig instead<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Diego Llorente to Leeds is done. He\u2019ll be the next signing. Gvardiol turned down <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LUFC<\/a> bid and he\u2019s going to RB Leipzig&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1308468938444099584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Llorente joined Sociedad from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/real-madrid\/\" target=\"_self\">Real Madrid<\/a> in 2017 for \u20ac6 million and has had previous loan spells at Rayo Vallecano and Malaga. He was an integral part of the Sociedad\u2019s defence, making 30 appearances last season as they finished sixth in La Liga.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/futbol\/real-sociedad\/2020\/09\/22\/5f69d59ee2704e17b88b45f4.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marca<\/a>, Real Madrid are set to profit in the transfer of academy graduate Llorente receiving around \u20ac4 million. As part of the deal that saw the defender sign for Sociedad, the Galacticos retained a 30% clause of any profit made for the defender.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds are continuing to be active in the transfer market with reports of interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/20\/report-leeds-united-reignite-interest-in-manchester-united-winger-dan-james\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United\u2019s Dan James<\/a>\u00a0as well as several others.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ak62wShJT0BnQvziH-BpgQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1127014490\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ak62wShJT0BnQvziH-BpgQ',sig:'NNIvOJ-eDCwFFE1OOMkC79V36re5x1sg06TPox1mbbo=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1127014490',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leeds United have completed the signing of Diego Llorente from La Liga side Real Sociedad for an undisclosed fee, thought to be around \u20ac20 million. The 27-year old is Marcelo Bielsa\u2019s seventh signing of the transfer window and becomes the second Spanish player to move to Elland Road, with striker Rodrigo joining earlier in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3660,"featured_media":567072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,6443,30,28],"tags":[3927,6685,803,6583,142,240,1516,620,6703,2804,913,439,136],"class_list":["post-566979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-la-liga","category-leeds-united","category-news","category-transfers","tag-ben-white","tag-diego-llorente","tag-dinamo-zagreb","tag-josko-gvardiol","tag-la-liga","tag-leeds-united","tag-marcelo-bielsa","tag-rb-leipzig","tag-real-sociedead","tag-rodrigo","tag-sc-freiburg","tag-spain","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3660"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}