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title: "Leeds told to pay £20m after making contact over Gayle move"
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author: "Ryan Darby"
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published: "2020-01-09T12:00:00Z"
modified: "2020-01-09T12:00:00Z"
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# Leeds told to pay £20m after making contact over Gayle move

Leeds United have made contact with Newcastle over a deal to sign Dwight Gayle, but have been told to they’d need to pay at least £20 million in the summer.

Speaking in a Q&A with supporters, [Leeds Live reporter Beren Cross reveals](https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/che-adams-billy-sharp-leeds-17535952) the Whites have ‘asked about’ Gayle as a potential loan signing this month.

He adds that Marcelo Bielsa’s side would have to pay a large chunk of Gayle’s wages in a loan deal that would include an obligation to buy the player permanently in the summer for more than £20 million.

This follows claims from the [Northern Echo](https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/18140372.newcastle-consider-targets-west-ham-man-united-lurk/) earlier this week that suggested Newcastle had put a £15m asking price on his head, highlighting just how expensive a deal could be for potential suitors.

![Ian MacNicol/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readnewcastle.com/readnewcastle/sites/20/2020/01/1196345996.jpg)

### Read Newcastle verdict

The aforementioned reports seem to suggest that Newcastle’s asking price for Gayle is somewhere in the region of £15-£20m, which is simply too much for a player who has played so little football this season.

The 29-year-old has started just once in the Premier League under Steve Bruce, making another seven [appearances](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/118326/Show/Dwight-Gayle) off the bench. Add in the fact that he’s yet to find the back of the net so far this season, he’s not somebody who looks like your typical £20m player.

Newcastle will struggle to offload the player, who via [Spotrac](https://www.spotrac.com/epl/newcastle-united-f.c/payroll/), is believed to be on wages of around £40,000 a week, unless they lower their demands.

Ambitious Championship clubs will simply be unwilling to pay so much money for a player that has not proven himself in the Premier League. Gayle is in fifth top-flight [season](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/dwight-gayle/detaillierteleistungsdaten/spieler/196522) and has only 21 Premier League goals to his name, with his best return (7) coming way back in the 2013/14 [campaign](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/dwight-gayle/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/196522/saison/2013/wettbewerb/GB1/verein/873).