Leeds United news as ‘suicidal’ spending claim made and Lewis Bate backed

Here are your latest Leeds United morning headlines for Thursday, June 30.

Danny Mills has predicted a continued summer of big spending at Leeds following the potential departures of both Raphinha and Kalvin Phillips - likely to Chelsea and Manchester City respectively.

Fees have been agreed for both players with their respective suitors, and that could bring in over £100million for Victor Orta. The Whites’ director of football has a defining summer ahead as he looks to replace the club’s two best talents while rebuilding the squad in the post-Marcelo Bielsa era - and Mills has predicted their summer transfer business to intensify.

“They have made a couple of signings already,” Murphy told TalkSPORT . “There is obviously a willingness to back him (Marsch). What chances has he got if they don’t? There was an obvious lack of depth in the forward areas when Bamford was injured. They did get away with it a little bit.

“But I would imagine Leeds United would spend, if they get that £100 million (for Phillips and Raphinha), and a bit more maybe. I think we will see Leeds spend big this summer. It would be suicidal not to spend that money they are getting it. They have to.”

Leeds have already spent a combined £45million on Brenden Aaronson, Rasmus Kristensen and Marc Roca.

Despite being consistently outstanding for the under-23s last season, Lewis Bate was not given the first-team minutes that many fans would have hoped for. That was due in part to a relegation fight that required experience, but it was also partly due to the personnel ahead of him.

In Kalvin Phillips, Mateusz Klich, Stuart Dallas and Adam Forshaw, the 19-year-old had no clear senior version of himself in terms of playing style - the latter being the closest