Leeds transfer target Ben White to have future decided AFTER pre-season as Brighton boss Potter wants closer look

BRIGHTON boss Graham Potter will decide whether to offer Ben White a top new contract AFTER pre-season. Centre-half White, 22, starred for Leeds on loan last season and Elland Road chief Marcelo Bielsa would love to buy him, with Chelsea also hovering. However, the Seagulls will decide on the next step after Potter has seen […]

BRIGHTON boss Graham Potter will decide whether to offer Ben White a top new contract AFTER pre-season.

Centre-half White, 22, starred for Leeds on loan last season and Elland Road chief Marcelo Bielsa would love to buy him, with Chelsea also hovering.

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Ben White started every match as Leeds won the Championship[/caption]

However, the Seagulls will decide on the next step after Potter has seen him at close quarters ­in training.

White has stalled on committing himself to Brighton despite a couple of offers in the £25,000-a-week range.

If Potter likes what he sees then the numbers will rise and could go as high as £50,000-a-week.

White started all 46 games for Leeds in the 2019-20 season, as Bielsa’s men romped to the Championship title.

The Argentine will have to be patient, however, if he is to possibly get his man back on a permanent basis.

Meanwhile, midfielder Jayson Molumby, 21, is also in limbo and Brighton are demanding a £5million loan fee and full wages for unsettled centre-half Shane Duffy, 28.

The Irishman has been a key man for the Seagulls, since signing from Blackburn in 2016.

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Duffy, 28, has found himself out of favour[/caption]

But he has found himself sidelined since the departure of Chris Hughton, with Graham Potter often preferring Lewis Dunk, Adam Webster and Dan Burn.

He found himself limited to only 12 Premier League starts in the 2019-20 season – with only two coming post-lockdown.

Celtic are rumoured to be interested in the 33-cap international.