Leeds United news as Whites 'consider' move for…

Leeds United news as Whites 'consider' move for long-term target, predicted XI for Everton

Here are the latest Leeds United morning headlines on Tuesday, 30 August.

Kent reports

Leeds United are reportedly considering a late move for Rangers winger Ryan Kent, according to the Mail Online. They claim that with Daniel James attracting interest elsewhere from the likes of Tottenham and Everton, Kent could be a player they turn to if the Welshman leaves.

Kent has been a long-term target for Leeds with the Whites having had bids rejected in each of the last two summers. He is now in the final year of his contract at Ibrox, though, which could hand Leeds an advantage.

Predicted XI

Memories of Leeds United’s Chelsea win will not desert Jesse Marsch quickly and that’s what may stop him from reacting too hastily to last weekend’s Brighton & Hove Albion loss. It would be very easy to look at Saturday’s starters, Saturday’s bench and pull the trigger on four or five changes.

However, Marsch talked about keeping emotion out of his decisions for Tuesday night with Everton. He said: “Despite my reaction to the referee, I'm not too emotional from this.

“I saw the game pretty clearly and now I have to take a little time to think about how guys are, where guys are at physically, what we will need specifically for the Everton match and then to put a team on the pitch that can manage that game the best we can.”

Click here to check out Beren’s predicted XI.

Struijk World Cup

Leeds United defender Pascal Struijk has revealed that it would be a 'dream' to play at the World Cup in the future. The 23-year-old was born in Belgium and his paternal grandparents were born in the Dutch East Indies - making him eligible to play for Belgium or Indonesia.

However, Struijk moved to The Hague at the age of three and spent 15 years of his life in the Netherlands, where he took in spells in the youth academies of ADO Den Haag and Ajax respectively.

Struijk was capped three times by the Netherlands U17s in 2016 and played alongside a number of current Dutch internationals, including Matthijs de Ligt, Tyrell Malacia and Donyell Malen. The Leeds defender believes the best route onto the international stage is to focus on his performances at club level.

"It's a dream for every player to go to the World Cup but I'm not too focused about that right now," Struijk told BBC West Yorkshire Sport Daily.