Leeds United Transfer Latest: Full Back options being assessed after key departure

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Daniel Wales looks at the latest Leeds United transfer news.

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00:00Now, it's no secret what the ambition will be for Leeds United

00:04and Daniel Farker's side is to remain in the Premier League.

00:08And if you look at the three promoted sides,

00:10you do sort of think Leeds, out of any of them,

00:12is going to probably have the biggest chance, the best chance to do so.

00:15They've got that investment.

00:16They've got that heavy squad depth and squad quality as well.

00:20I mean, you have to look at the other side as well.

00:22If they weren't to get promoted,

00:24it would have been a sort of massive crying shame for them

00:27and the investment that they've put into this side.

00:30I mean, you have to look at the number of young talents

00:33they've got throughout this side as well

00:35and exciting players that can really, really make an impact in the Premier League.

00:39And they're going to hope that's certainly the case.

00:42You know, they've obviously let go of a couple of players,

00:44but they have been in talks with a number of top assets,

00:48top names with plenty of Premier League experience.

00:50And I feel that's probably going to be the biggest part of all of this

00:54is whether they can get players who come in,

00:57who've got experience in the top flights

00:58and can help them stay up, you know,

01:01and then maybe they can build in the future.

01:03But, you know, first case scenario is to ensure

01:06they are a Premier League club next season,

01:07which is a mammoth task, to be fair to them.

01:12Dan, our Yorkshire correspondent, Dan Wales.

01:14Over to you, Dan.

01:15What's the sort of latest in terms of Ellen Road,

01:18in terms of incoming, outgoings?

01:20Where you see Leeds competing this summer?

01:22Is there any updates you can tell us that Leeds fans

01:24can maybe get excited for because the challenge ahead

01:28is incredibly daunting?

01:30And I'm sure that the Ellen Road faithful are excited,

01:33but sort of worried as well,

01:35knowing the record of relegation candidates

01:37over the last couple of seasons.

01:39Well, Charles, Leeds have certainly been busy

01:41in the opening weeks of this season's transfer market

01:44so far in the summer.

01:46They've brought in three permanent signings,

01:48although things have calmed down slightly

01:49in the last few days.

01:51There's been no new arrivals

01:52since Sebastian Borneau came through the door

01:55at Ellen Road.

01:56But, of course, he joins his former Wolfsburg team-mate,

02:00Lucas Nemecha and Jakar Biol,

02:02who arrived from Udinese.

02:03So, Leeds have been busy bolstering their front line,

02:05bringing in Nemecha, of course,

02:07because he's a striker who himself has said

02:09he wants to score goals and add goals

02:10to this Leeds United team in the Premier League.

02:12And also, they have strengthened their defensive line

02:14by bringing in Biol and Borneau as well.

02:18Certainly two big and physical defenders

02:21who they will hope can dominate strikers

02:24in the air and on the ground

02:25when it comes to playing in the Premier League

02:27in the season to come.

02:29So, Leeds have been busy,

02:30but things have calmed down a little bit

02:32in the last few days, as I say,

02:34since Borneau came in.

02:35But you can only imagine

02:37that they've still got more business to do.

02:39Daniel Farker certainly wants a fully bolstered squad

02:43ahead of the Premier League season,

02:44so he can prove not only to the rest

02:47of the watching football world,

02:49but also I think to himself

02:50that he can cope

02:51and he can manage well in the Premier League

02:53because, of course,

02:54his CV does feature relegations

02:56with Norwich City,

02:56but he has made abundantly clear

02:58that was because he wasn't backed

02:59at Carroll Road.

03:00So, he's had some backing so far

03:02at Ellen Road after this promotion,

03:04but I think he'll want even more as well.

03:06Certainly, he'll want additions

03:08in the full-back area

03:09with Junior Firpo departing the club as well.

03:12You could also argue

03:13they still perhaps want even more goals.

03:14Nemecha, yes, is a good start.

03:17They have Joel Perreault,

03:17who, of course, is not Premier League proven,

03:19but was the Championship's top scorer last season.

03:21They've got Patrick Bamford as well,

03:22who, yes, is Premier League proven,

03:24but is also injury prone.

03:26So, you have to imagine

03:27he won't be able to last the full season

03:29or certainly not a lot of consecutive parts

03:32of the season at least.

03:34So, I think they'll still be additions

03:37or at least parts of the squad

03:38they'll look to bring in as well.

03:40And then you think,

03:41well, do they need a goalkeeper?

03:43Quite possibly,

03:44because, of course,

03:45the end of the season last year

03:46with Carl Darlow,

03:47who does have Premier League experience

03:48with Newcastle United,

03:49but that was a good few years ago now.

03:51And then, of course,

03:52you've got Elan Melier,

03:53who was Leeds' first choice,

03:54but after a number of mistakes

03:56last season in the Championship,

03:57ultimately was dropped for Carl Darlow.

04:00So, I'm not entirely sure

04:01he'll get his position back

04:03because of those mistakes,

04:04especially when you're moving up a level

04:06going into the Premier League

04:07from the Championship.

04:08It seems unlikely that Melier

04:10would get that position back

04:11and it's whether they think

04:12Carl Darlow is still good enough

04:13for the top flight as well.

04:15Certainly, as Wales' number one keeper,

04:17he'll probably think he is,

04:18but it's whether Daniel Falker

04:19would like someone

04:20with a bit more Premier League experience

04:21or at least more recent

04:23Premier League experience

04:24or someone who has played

04:25at the top flight somewhere

04:26in Europe perhaps as well.

04:28So, that could be one to add.

04:29And then you think,

04:30do they need another midfielder?

04:31And then that's perhaps

04:32maybe not so sure

04:32because they do have an abundance.

04:34You look at, obviously,

04:34Ampadu can play there.

04:36You've got Tanaka,

04:36you've got Ilya Gruev,

04:38certainly a lot of players

04:38who can play in those roles.

04:39But I think Leeds United,

04:40their transfer business

04:41is certainly not finished yet

04:43for this summer.

04:44end of our new year,

04:45so, for this summer,

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04:57than somehow

04:57as she wants to keep

04:59as well.

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