Swansea City are holding out for £12million for Leeds United target Daniel James, according to reports.

Marcelo Bielsa is a keen admirer of James, 21, who has broken into Graham Potter's first team this season.

Leeds' interest in James dates back to last summer, with their pursuit ramping up this month.

Argentine Bielsa has identified the Welshman as his number-one target, but, according to The Sun, Swansea will play hardball and demand £12million if Leeds want him before Thursday's deadline.

Bielsa said he was unsure whether players will arrive in time. He said: “I don’t have any certainty about the possibility of a new player (arriving as a transfer).

“If we can work on players who are better than our players, it would be a good thing but they have to be better than our players.”

The Sun also report that Leeds may look elsewhere, with Bristol City's Callum O'Dowda seen as an alternative target. But reports from Yorkshire state that the Elland Road side will refuse to give up on James.

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Bony only a back-up option

Wilfried Bony's future continues to hog headlines in both South Wales and Turkey.

According to reports in Europe (via SportWitness), Galatasaray are interested in signing the Ivorian but the club only see him as a fall-back option ahead of the transfer deadline.

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Potter himself pointed to the speculation surrounding the 30-year-old following the FA Cup win over Gillingham, in which Bony wasn't involved.

"Wilf has been great with us and perfect with the group in how he's wanted to be involved," he said.

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"In the previous round Courtney (Baker-Richardson) scored away against Aston Villa and Oli (McBurnie) has been doing well for us.

"So when you add everything up it didn't seem necessary to have him involved in the squad.

"I think also from his point of view, coming back from the injury he had, he probably needs to start games rather than coming on as a sub, that'll probably help him more.

"So when you weigh everything up, that was the decision we took."

His representative stated earlier this week that Bony would be keen on a move to Galatasaray.