Pundit backs Marcelo to snub Everton and sign for Leeds as transfer plot reported
Leeds United is a more attractive destination than Everton for Real Madrid left-back Marcelo.
That is according to ex-Whites goalkeeper Paddy Kenny, speaking exclusively to Football Insider after the Mirror reported on 12th June that both clubs are interested in the 33-year-old.
The 58-cap Brazil international’s contract expires next summer and he is understood not to be in Carlo Ancelotti’s plans ahead of the 2021-22 campaign.
Leeds may be in the market for a new left-back because, as revealed by this site on 4th June, Ezgjan Alioski is yet to accept a new and improved contract offer.
Kenny admitted he was excited at the prospect of Leeds signing such a distinguished player and claimed that he would likely choose Elland Road over Goodison Park.
He told Football Insider correspondent Adam Williams: “I rate this. What a player he has been and what a career he’s had.
“With Bielsa, they’ve got a chance at pulling that one off. He’d be an unbelievable signing, for me.
“Everton have stalled a bit at the moment. But Leeds are up-and-coming. So as it stands, it would have to be Leeds because they’re a club on the up compared to where Everton are at the moment.
“They play with a lot of freedom as well which Marcelo will like.”
Football Insider first broke news on 12th June that Rangers star Borna Barisic is the latest left-back on Leeds’ radar.
But, as revealed by this site the following day, they face stiff competition from Wolves, Arsenal and Aston Villa in pursuit of the 28-year-old.
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