Everton, Wolves, Leeds converge on Southampton’s 17-goal ace, who is ready to leave

Everton, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leeds United have been handed a boost as transfer target Che Adams is set to leave Southampton in the summer, TEAMtalk can reveal.

Adams spent time at Ilkeston, Sheffield United and Birmingham City before joining Southampton in July 2019. The centre-forward, who also sometimes played as a winger on either flank, registered 48 goals and 20 assists in 190 games appearances while on the field. the south coast.

During Adams’ time at Southampton, he helped the Saints finish as high as 11th in the Premier League, as they were relegated to the Championship in the final term.

This season, the Scotland international has managed 17 goals and six assists in 45 games, helping Southampton reach the play-offs. Adams and Southampton meet West Bromwich Albion in the second leg of the play-off semi-finals on Friday, with the tie delicately held at 0-0.

But even if Southampton win promotion back to the top flight, Adams will not be staying at St Mary’s to help them next term. Sources have confirmed to TEAMtalk that the attacker is set to leave Southampton this summer after rejecting the offer of a new deal.

Despite Adams being valued at over £10m, he will leave on a free transfer once his contract runs out.

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The 27-year-old was close to leaving Southampton in January but the move did not go through. Now he has taken his future into his own hands and several clubs are hoping to benefit.

TEAMtalk previously revealed that Wolves and Leeds are strongly interested in Adams and those clubs remain keen to land him. But Everton are also long-term admirers, while several Bundesliga clubs will try to take him to Germany.

Leeds’ pursuit of Adams is largely dependent on promotion back to the Premier League this season. Daniel Farke’s side, like Southampton, are in the play-offs and face Norwich City on Friday.

If Leeds fail to go up then they will struggle to fend off Everton and Wolves in the transfer race and will have to stick with current striker Joel Piroe. But if Leeds triumph in the play-offs then they will be forced to sell Piroe and bring in Adams as a replacement.

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