Leeds United: Who should Daniel Farke target as potential incomings?
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00:00 You mentioned outgoings there.
00:02 Obviously, you will need to bring in players as well to compete in the Championship.
00:06 I should imagine the aim with Leeds is to have the best season possible.
00:09 If that means you can even get into the playoffs automatically, so be it.
00:12 But who are Leeds targeting to try and make those possibilities happen?
00:17 Well, I mean, in terms of players, I think they'll be looking all over.
00:20 I mean, goalkeepers are a big one.
00:22 I think the goalkeeper situation, obviously, a lot of that comes down to Willem Mellier,
00:26 who a lot of people obviously expected to leave the club this summer,
00:28 and that probably may well still happen.
00:30 But as the time of recording, there are no offers for him.
00:32 But, you know, so I think goalkeeper is going to be a key one.
00:36 Left-back looks like a very important one, obviously,
00:38 especially with Werber outgoing and Junior Firpo being injured.
00:42 Remains to be seen, obviously, what happens with that.
00:43 As I say, Sam Byron has been training with the club and can play at left-back or right-back.
00:48 And he looked pretty decent, I thought, on the Monaco friendly when he came on.
00:51 Looked pretty lean, looked in good shape.
00:52 But really, I mean, with Leeds, you're going to be looking all over.
00:54 I mean, they need midfield enforcement.
00:56 So obviously, they've got Ethan Ampadu in.
00:58 He looks like being a decent signing.
00:59 I thought he put in a pretty decent first game for Leeds against Monaco,
01:02 especially in the first half.
01:04 Really, in terms of up front and out wide, especially the wingers' situation
01:07 just depends on who they can keep.
01:09 I mean, because obviously, there's not short of wingers at the moment, Leeds.
01:11 But I mean, is Luis Inisterra going to be around in the Championship?
01:14 What will happen with Uli Nonto, who can obviously play up front or out wide?
01:18 So a lot of Jack Harrison, obviously, as well, although he's injured.
01:20 And then midfield as well.
01:21 A lot of that comes down to what happens with Tyler Adams,
01:23 but he's another one who's injured.
01:24 So, I mean, you really could, like, go all over the park,
01:27 to all extents and purposes with Leeds.
01:29 I think at centre-back, they look reasonably good with Charlie Creswell,
01:32 obviously, having come back, as long as they can keep him.
01:34 But the one I would, like, sort of almost put top of the pile,
01:37 and it remains to be seen what happens with this, is probably a striker.
01:40 Now, with Leeds, obviously, it's always been a debate about how many goals
01:43 they score and whatnot.
01:44 But the fact is Daniel Farker's obviously won promotion twice with Norwich City,
01:47 twice as champions.
01:48 In both of those two seasons, they scored an awful lot of goals.
01:51 And Timo Pukki, 29 the first time they went up, and I think it was 26 the second time.
01:55 So, really, it's not sort of, like, set in stone.
01:58 But if you're going to take the championship by storm and try and get
02:00 an automatic promotion, you're going to need someone who's probably going to get
02:02 20 goals plus.
02:04 And really, at Leeds at the moment, you're looking at a choice out of either
02:06 Patrick Bamford or Giorgino Routier.
02:08 Now, it's not to say those two can't get 20 goals plus, and they might well do so,
02:11 and let's hope so.
02:12 Bamford's done it before.
02:13 Obviously, with him, the question mark is his fitness and his injuries.
02:16 You know, it remains to be seen.
02:17 He's looked in pretty good nick so far in pre-season,
02:19 in terms of fitness point of view.
02:21 And Routier's obviously still very new.
02:22 He does look like he's come back with a spring in his step.
02:25 He's obviously got a huge price tag around his neck.
02:27 Is he a number nine?
02:28 Is he a striker?
02:29 Is he a wide man?
02:29 It remains to be seen.
02:30 I mean, the two players that could well go and do it for Leeds, but I think the
02:33 safest thing for them would be to go and get another striker in as well.
02:36 You can never have too many options.
02:38 You know, go and get a sort of, like, proven number nine who's definitely going
02:40 to score you goals.
02:41 But, Daniel, it's easier said than done.
02:42 You know, players don't grow on trees.
02:44 It's who's available at what price.
02:45 So, that's the sort of thing that could roll on all summer.
02:47 But to me, anyway, and I think to a lot of fans as well, I think a striker looks
02:51 very important to Leeds.