Leeds United have handed a boost in their bid to bring Ryan Kent to Elland Road in the summer transfer window.

What's the talk?

That's according to a claim made by Pete O'Rourke, with the transfer insider revealing in a recent interview with GIVEMESPORT that the Rangers winger has a release clause written into his contract with the Scottish Premiership side - reported to be somewhere around the £20m mark.

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Speaking about Leeds' interest in the 25-year-old, O'Rourke said: "The Ryan Kent one is interesting; he's been a long-term target for Leeds. Ever since they won promotion back to the Premier League there were links with Ryan Kent.

"He's had another good season for Rangers, impressed especially in their European run as well. If Leeds did follow up their interest, there is a release clause in his contract."

Kent can replace Harrison

Considering the fact that Jack Harrison has recently been linked with a move to Tottenham Hotspur in the summer transfer window, it is easy to see why Victor Orta would once again be considering a move for Kent at the end of the current campaign.

Indeed, while Kent has not quite hit the heights of 2020/21 over his 24 Premiership appearances so far this season, the £12.6m-rated winger has still been one of Rangers' better performers, scoring two goals, registering seven assists and creating ten big chances for his teammates, as well as taking an average of 2.5 shots and making 1.8 key passes per game.

These returns have seen the £52k-per-week forward who Leon Balogun dubbed a "magician" and Andrew Dickson labelled "completely unplayable" average a highly impressive SofaScore match rating of 7.14, ranking him as Giovanni van Bronckhorst's sixth-best player in the Scottish top flight - not bad for an off season.

As such, should the £60k-per-week Harrison - a player who has scored seven goals and provided one assist over his 29 Premier League appearances this term, as well as averaging a SofaScore match rating of 6.70 - indeed move on to pastures new this summer, Kent would very much appear to be an excellent replacement for the 25-year-old Leeds attacker.

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