Apparently we've put a bid in for this lad , I bet I'm not the only one who didn't know about this bid Leeds United have rejected offers of £7m from West Bromwich Albion, Middlesbrough and Crystal Palace for Charlie Taylor, with the Championship side adamant they will not sell him in this window.

Taylor, who is currently out injured and will miss Friday’s game against Derby County, submitted a transfer request last summer and has only six months of his contract remaining. All three Premier League sides are looking to strengthen their options at left-back and believe the 23-year-old is ready to make the step up to the Premier League.

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Last week, Garry Monk, the Leeds manager, insisted he has no intention of letting any players leave in the January window.

“We do not have to sell anyone and we won’t be selling anyone,” he said. “It’ll only be incomings. There will be no one leaving in this window.”

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Meanwhile, Palace, West Brom and Aston Villa are battling it out to sign Jeffrey Schlupp after the Leicester City manager, Claudio Ranieri, admitted the Ghana international has asked to leave the club. Leicester rejected a £9.5m bid from Palace this week but it is understood they have accepted an improved offer which takes the value of the transfer to almost £12m with add-ons.

Schlupp, who was surprisingly left out of the Black Stars’ squad for the Africa Cup of Nations last week, has rarely featured for the Premier League champions this season after a proposed move to The Hawthorns was blocked by Ranieri last summer. Tony Pulis is once again interested in signing the 24-year-old who came through Leicester’s academy.

“I spoke with him and he spoke with the club, Of course he’s not happy,” said Ranieri on Thursday. “Jeff is a fantastic man and player – I said if wants to go, he can go but it’s also important to get the right money for the club. He can go for the right money.

“He has great potential and I’m very sad to lose him but you have to understand that we have three very good left-backs, [Ben] Chilwell, [Christian] Fuchs and him – we want to keep one experienced and one young.”

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