Highly rated young striker Jermaine Beckford is set to complete a switch to Everton in the coming week. Beckford has already had his contract with Leeds United terminated by mutual consent and Everton have offered him a four deal which the player has agreed to.
Beckford’s contract with Leeds was originally due to expire in June. The club received several offers from interested parties in the winter market but rejected them in the hope of keeping the forward at Elland Road. Leeds did achieve promotion from League One but were unable to get Beckford to put pen to paper a new deal.
Beckford is expected to become Everton’s second signing of the summer after keeper Jan Mucha.
Meanwhile Leeds boss Simon Grayson is expected to step up his efforts to find a replacement for the prolific Beckford, who was named as League One’s Player of the Season in March. Â Beckford scored eighty five goals for the club and is the only player in Leeds history to bag over thirty goals in two successive campaigns. Billy Sharp, Gary Hooper and Rob Hulse are three names on Grayson’s radar as potential candidates to fill the void left by Beckford.
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