Tottenham’s reported signing of Yves Bissouma for just £25million should prick up a few ears at Elland Road. The 25-year-old has been one of the outstanding central midfielders in the Premier League over the last couple of seasons and has courted interest in the past from Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United.
Losing a player of such quality and influence for just £25million must be a punch in the gut for Seagulls fans, who have seen the Mali international blossom into one of the most promising all-action midfielders in the world. It must also be a lesson to other clubs that if you are going to keep hold of your key players you must tie them down to a new contract.
That is the lesson Leeds must learn from this sale, with Manchester City's interest in Kalvin Phillips intensifying. The Premier League champions see Phillips as a successor to the departing Fernandinho and could table a bid for the Whites midfielder in the coming weeks.
