La Liga Club Do Not Want To Pay €12m For Leeds United Player: Why Should The Whites Hold Firm? | OneFootball

Valencia’s pursuit of Largie Ramazani has ground to a halt. The Spanish side want him, but they do not want to pay up.

Ramazani actually had a decent time of it in Spain last term. He finished the season as Valencia’s second-highest scorer, netting six goals and chipping in with an assist across 31 appearances in all competitions. Not bad for a bloke spending most of his time coming off the bench. According to Spanish outlet Fichajes, via La Voz Del Murciélago, talks between Valencia and Leeds United are now completely deadlocked.

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Daniel Farke has made it clear that the Belgian winger is not in his plans for the upcoming campaign. Mestalla chiefs know this. They are trying to use Farke’s stance as leverage to bag a cut-price deal. Leeds, though, are digging their heels in. They want €10m to €12m. Neither club is blinking.

The logic behind the price tag

VILLARREAL, SPAIN – FEBRUARY 22: Largie Ramazani of Valencia CF celebrates scoring their first goal with a penalty during the LaLiga EA Sports match between Villarreal CF and Valencia CF at Estadio de la Ceramica on February 22, 2026 in Villarreal, Spain. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Look at the data. FotMob puts his market value at a modest €7m. Even so, Elland Road chiefs are well within their rights to demand a premium. Ramazani is 25 now. He is not some unproven academy kid. Born in Brussels and partly raised in London, he already has four years of Spanish football under his belt with Almería, where he racked up 45 goals across more than 200 senior appearances. Then he moved to West Yorkshire. He played 31 times during Leeds’ Championship title-winning run, scoring seven. Send him on loan to La Liga, and he pops up with another six goals. That is back-to-back seasons of proper, tangible output.

He is an interesting profile. Tiny, really, just 168cm. He is right-footed but plays out on the left flank, relying on outright pace and sharp turns to ghost behind defensive lines. His non-penalty expected goals (npxG) metrics are brilliant, sitting in the top 93rd percentile for La Liga players. He gets into dangerous areas. Ramazani takes a shot when he sees an opening, letting fly 36 times in 20 league outings. He does not hide.

So, what are his flaws? They are obvious. He is not a traditional playmaker. You get directness and goals, but his career assist numbers are entirely unremarkable for an experienced wide man. He rarely carries a team on his back, either. Valencia used him primarily as an impact sub, handing him just 1,234 minutes of league football. Managers clearly still have doubts about his tactical discipline over a full 90 minutes.

Leeds need to stand firm here. Demanding €10m–€12m for a proven La Liga goal threat tied down until 2028 is perfectly reasonable. Valencia are just lowballing because they smell a bit of desperation. It is a classic transfer market poker game.

Norwich City are keeping tabs on the situation, too. Fresh interest changes the dynamic completely. Leeds can simply wait for a domestic bidding war to develop rather than folding at the first sign of Spanish resistance. If Valencia refuse to pay the asking price, keep him. Sell him to a Championship rival in the winter. Leeds paid an undisclosed fee for him in 2024, so holding out for an eight-figure sum ensures a tidy profit on a fringe player. Do not panic-sell to the first club looking for a cheap bargain.