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Zinedine Zidane a big fan of reported Leeds United transfer target Raul De Tomas
Leeds United are reportedly in the race for Espanyol striker Raul De൲ Tomas, according to reports.
Leeds are looking for another striker to support Patrick Bamford in attack and have identified the Spaniard as a perfectly perfe𓄧ct option to do just that.
that Dꦍe Tomas would carry a £20 million price-tag and a potential £100,000-a-week wage, but considering how highly thought of De Tomas is by some high-profile names in the game, it would be an eye-catching addition.
De Tomas came through the youth academy at Real Madrid and thrived in♎ loan spells at Cordoba, Real Valladolid, Rayo Vallecano during his time at the club. During the latter loan spell, the 25-year-old꧙ scored 38 goals in 66 games.
ജDuring that period Real Madrid manager and French football le♓gend Zinedine Zidane was attentive to De Tomas’ progress.
In April 2019, as De Tomas reached the end of his loan spell, Los Merengues’ boss 🎉spoke highly of a player he had previously coached for Real Madrid’s Castilla teamꦐ.
“He✱’s a player that I coached when he was with Castilla and he’s got no shortage of talent,” Zidane told the “Perhaps what he was missing was the opportunity to play for a top-fligꩲht team and he’s doing very well and has scored a lot of goals thi♔s season. He links up well with his teammates, knows how to play good football and I’m really happy for him. I got on well with him during my time in charge of Castilla”.
At the same time, it wasthat Zidane was read🐟y to give De Tomas a chance to be the main back💜-up to Karim Benzema at the Bernabeu.
However, De Tomasౠ ended up heading to Benfica, where he endured a difficult spell before his 🧜January move to Espanyol.
In Barcelona, he scored five goals in his first five games for th⛄e club but has not scored since as Espanyol failed to win 🍎any of their final 10 games and suffered relegation to the Spanish second-tier.
That🔯𝔍 has alerted Leeds to his potential availability and they would be securing a player who clearly caught the eye of Zidane during his time at Real Madrid.