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Barcelona set to beat Man Utd to Leeds winger

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King Binny

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Interesting... first time seeing this name. And has Barcelona signed any young English players before?

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Leeds prospect Elliott Kebbie has turned down the offer of a scholarship at Elland Road in favour of a switch to Barcelona.

The 16-year-old winger spent eight years at the Leeds academy at Thorp Arch but relocated to Spain with his mother earlier this summer after spending time at Barcelona's La Masia training site.

Kebbie is understood to have already appeared for one of their youth teams.

A statement on Leeds' official website said: "The club has retained its right to compensation should he choose to pursue a football career in Spain and sign for another club."

Leeds received a reported £5million in compensation from Chelsea in 2006 after a row over their recruitment of Thorp Arch-based trio Tom Taiwo, Michael Woods and Danny Rose while Everton paid the Yorkshire club an initial fee of £600,000, which could rise to £1.5million, for the then-England youth international captain Luke Garbutt in 2009.

Manchester United are set to lose out to Barcelona once again, this time in the pursuit of one of the country's most exciting young players.

Leeds winger Elliott Kebbie has been long been tracked by Sir Alex Ferguson, and even spent time on trial at Old Trafford last year.

However the 16-year-old winger is on the brink of a move to the European champions after turning out for the Juvenil B team and spending time at the famous La Masia training site.

The winger, who was born in Halifax, is blessed with phenomenal pace and was considered a bright sprinting prospect before choosing to focus fully on football.

Kebbie was due to graduate to the scholarship programme at Leeds' famous Thorp Arch academy next season but has instead made the switch to Spain, for which the Elland Road outfit can expect a hefty fee.

A statement on Leeds' official website said: 'The club has retained its right to compensation should he choose to pursue a football career in Spain and sign for another club.'

Last year reports suggested Manchester United had agreed a £1million compensation package with Leeds for the Kebbie's signature.

Then chairman Ken Bates had also earlier told the club's official website: 'Both Manchester United and Everton came in for Elliott Kebbie who is 15 next week.

'He visited Manchester United and Everton and came back and said to his mum, who we were sat with on Friday, "I want to stay at Leeds", and he signed on.

'History shows that so many of these kids get star struck by big clubs who take them on and disappear again.'
 
Leeds have let go a lot of great young players over the years, theres been alot of talent from there acadamy so fuck barca & scum we'll have him 😉
 
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