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Leeds United transfer rumours as Whites 'miss out' on left-back, Azzedine Ounahi rejection reports

Here are your latest Leeds United transfer rumours for Thursday, April 13.

Leeds among host of Premier League clubs to miss out on Jordan Zemura

Leeds United are among a host of Premier League clubs who are set to miss out on Bournemouth left-back Jordan Zemura.

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That is according to 90Min, who claim that the 23-year-old is poised to join Serie A outfit Udinese on a free transfer.

Zemura is out of contract at the Vitality Stadium in the summer and is currently training with Bournemouth's reserves amid growing uncertainty over his future.

The Zimbabwe international played 34 times as the Cherries secured automatic promotion to the Premier League last season. He has gone onto feature 20 times across all competitions during the current campaign but has been left out of the squad for the past five games.

He has reportedly attracted interest from Leeds, Newcastle, Aston Villa, West Ham, and Crystal Palace. However, the report claims that Zemura has signed a deal with Udinese, who view him as a replacement for Tottenham loanee Destiny Udogie.

Azzedine Ounahi rejection reports emerge

Azzedine Ounahi reportedly turned down the chance to join Leeds prior to signing for Marseille in January.

Leeds offered Angers a reported fee of £17.6 million, while Napoli opted against tabling an offer despite showing interest in the Morocco midfielder.

Ounahi rejected Leeds' advances, and instead signed for Ligue 1 side Marseille for £8.8 million.

The Guardian's Romain Molina said on his YouTube channel: "He went to Marseille for €8million + €2million [£8.8million], it’s true, knowing that Leeds had offered €20million [£17.6million]. Only Leeds had a firm offer on Ounahi. Naples had inquired a little, but the firm offer came from Leeds. The player didn’t want to go.”

Ounahi attracted interest from Leeds after his exploits at the 2022 World Cup, as he helped Morocco become the first African nation to reach the semi-finals of the competition.

However, he has started just one league game for Marseille, and has been out for the past two games after fracturing his toe on international duty.

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