Leeds, Everton and Fulham eye up 'late bloomer' available for bargain £4m transfer

Steaua Bucharest centre-back Joyskim Dawa has been floated towards a fig of English clubs aft impressing successful this season's Europa League

Leeds United, Everton and Fulham are among a database of English clubs keeping tabs connected Steaua Bucharest centre-back Joyskim Dawa.

The 28-year-old, who is being described arsenic a precocious bloomer, has impressed successful the Europa League this season, helping his broadside triumph some of their opening 2 matches successful the competition.

While Dawa has spent the crux of his vocation playing successful Ukraine, Latvia and Romania, helium has been capped 9 times by Cameroon and dreams of making the leap to the Premier League.

Scouts from galore clubs from some England and astir Europe are understood to person watched the cardinal defender crook successful a man-of-the-match show successful a gutsy 1-0 distant triumph implicit PAOK earlier the planetary break.

Leicester City and Burnley person besides requested accusation connected the player, according to sources.

Dawa's representatives judge helium is susceptible of playing astatine the apical level and crucially, helium would besides beryllium disposable for a bargain terms arsenic helium has a merchandise clause worthy successful the portion of £4million written into his existent contract.

The thought being pitched during inheritance discussions up of the January transportation model is that Dawa could supply cleanable contention for first-choice centre-backs.

Fulham successful particular, person a beardown narration with his agents aft antecedently showing involvement successful a woody for chap Cameroonian defender Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui successful 2019 erstwhile helium was playing for Slavia Prague successful the Czech Republic.

Reps travelled to London to conscionable with the Fulham committee but they were incapable to find an statement and helium yet moved to Belgian broadside Gent.

The Cottagers are understood to person held talks with Dawa's agents arsenic precocious arsenic past week.

Steaua proprietor Gigi Becali said successful the summertime that Dawa was escaped to permission the Romanian nine aft communicating that helium wished to prosecute a transfer. He said: "If idiosyncratic pays the wealth for him, we volition fto him go!"

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