Leeds United are set to complete the signing of Sonny Perkins in the coming days after the teenager rejected a new deal at West Ham United. The London club are set to receive a fee in-line with FA regulations, which state compensation must be paid to a club when an under-24 player rejects a new deal before moving on.
Both clubs have entered talks in a bid to find an arrangement - similar to the deal Burnley and Leeds struck when a 23-year-old Charlie Taylor moved on from West Yorkshire - but if their valuations differ, the matter could go to a tribunal.
Perkins left the London Stadium last month, with the Hammers announcing his departure alongside a scathing statement saying they are ‘extremely disappointed’ and that they ‘strongly believed’ another club had convinced him to terminate his contract. Leeds deny any wrongdoing.
