Is Leeds United’s Premier League transfer business finished?

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Daniel Wales and Lee Sobot discuss whether Leeds United will bring in anymore players this summer.

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00:00Leeds United have certainly had a busy transfer window as they look to adapt to life in the Premier League.

00:07But is their business finished yet for the summer?

00:11With the deadline fast approaching, myself and Lee Soba discussed what more business Leeds could do

00:17before the window slams shut on the 1st of September.

00:22Leeds still looking for more than just Calvert-Lewin to come in at the moment.

00:27There's been rumours about El Canoose at Leicester, if I'm right, amongst others.

00:32So I think the question is, Lee, who and what do Leeds need before the window slams shut in a couple of weeks' time?

00:40Well, I think to say simply, I'd say a winger and a striker.

00:43That's the way I'd look at it, to be honest.

00:45I mean, if you can get two wingers in, great.

00:46But I don't think anybody thinks they're going to get two wingers in and another striker,

00:50obviously on top of Calvert-Lewin, this is what I'm talking.

00:52But, you know, I think I've said all summer, really, the thing that would worry me a little bit

00:57with this Leeds team on the Premier League return is goals and creativity in the final third.

01:02I always thought it'd be quite solid.

01:04And I think that even more so now when you look at some of the team, the building,

01:08people like Anton Stack coming in, he looks a very, very good sign-in.

01:11And Jakubi all at the back and stuff.

01:13And, you know, as I say, apart from like when you're playing your massive big guns,

01:17like your Liverpools and your Arsenals and stuff, you never know in games like that.

01:20I think they'll be quite hard to beat.

01:22But it's just the final third that I worry about a little bit and stuff.

01:25And it'll be fascinating to see what happens on the striker situation.

01:27Obviously, Calvert-Lewin coming in, you know, I think some people might feel,

01:31well, is that it?

01:32But I don't think Leeds will be looking at it and thinking that that's enough.

01:35I think they'll go for another one.

01:36And I think getting a striker in that you know is going to come in and get your goals,

01:42you know, I think that's like pretty essential, really.

01:44But that said, that's going to cost money.

01:46You know, obviously, even Rodrigo Meniz, I mean, there'd have been a few question marks

01:49even about him to a degree, you know.

01:50But, I mean, even he would have been massive bucks, massive money.

01:53You know, obviously, you never know with him.

01:54It might still happen, something like that.

01:56It looks like he's going elsewhere.

01:57But out wide is the other thing as well.

01:59I just think like, especially if you're going to be like a physical team

02:02and obviously try and offer a big threat at set pieces and crosses and stuff like that,

02:05then I think obviously getting another star winger in is absolutely massive.

02:09And I harp on about it all the time, about how, you know,

02:11Leeds went and got Rafinha last time.

02:13And, you know, no one's expecting him to go and get another Rafinha.

02:16I mean, you'd be doing well if you did.

02:18But, you know, like someone exciting like that.

02:20And obviously, you've got Pashao was the one they looked at.

02:22And I think if they'd have got someone like Pashao in,

02:25I think people would have looked at it differently and thought,

02:27yeah, you know, we've got a star there who can be a right threat as well out wide and stuff.

02:30So, I mean, there's talks of other people like, you know,

02:32I've noticed that the Greek striker at the moment,

02:35Noah Roquefort is another name that's come up today.

02:37You know, AC Milan, obviously, Swiss international.

02:40And names will continue to be brought up.

02:41But I just think, I think they've definitely got to do that.

02:43Well, I don't think they're oblivious to it.

02:45You know, it's not like they're not, it's not like they don't know that.

02:47And Daniel Farker, fair play to him, has already said a few times this summer,

02:50the bottom line is you can't say that we've got stronger as an attacking unit from the championship.

02:56In other words, basically, they've probably got weaker, really.

02:59And they have.

02:59And that's the reality because I've lost Manor Solomon, you know.

03:02So, that's the thing.

03:03And Daniel Farker knows it.

03:05He's a good manager.

03:06He knows what he's doing.

03:07He's always said he'd be very, very keen if and when Leeds go up to avoid what happened at Norwich,

03:12you know, and like not going up with the right tools and stuff.

03:14And he doesn't want that to happen again.

03:15He'll also know that when the window closes at the start of September, that's it.

03:19And if Leeds haven't got anybody else in the final third at the moment,

03:23then I think everybody probably, even him, would be a bit worried about that.

03:26But I think they'll get other people in.

03:28But I think they need to.

03:29And it might go right onto the wire.

03:30And as we all know, sometimes, although it's not ideal, sometimes the best deals can happen

03:35right at the end of the window when players come up that you don't expect to at the moment

03:38because obviously it's like a sort of, you know, moving parts and stuff.

03:41But to summarise it, I just think a winger and a star winger, an exciting winger,

03:47you know, a sort of like, sort of statement signing, if you like,

03:51an expensive one who everybody knows is going to be good to get the blood pumping out wide.

03:55I think that's a must.

03:56And I still think another striker, you know, because of the question marks about the ones

04:00that we've got at the moment.

04:01If one of those players can play as a number 10 as well, then great,

04:03because that's a never-ending question mark at Leeds, obviously, ever since the Pablo Hernandez days.

04:08That said, it looks like Farka's going more of three in the middle at the moment.

04:11But yeah, I just, I mean, I've said it a few times in these,

04:14I think that what they do in the window will make the difference between staying up or not.

04:18And that's still how I feel.

04:19I still feel that, you know, they probably need to get a couple more attackers in

04:23if they're going to stay up.

04:24But I suspect they will do, but it might go right down to the wire.

04:27So as ever, it won't be dull.

04:29No, never is with Leeds United, never is.

04:33And I think, would supporters probably change that?

04:36Well, I suppose if they wanted a club that was consistently winning, yes.

04:39But I think a lot of people actually enjoy the adventure they get with Leeds at the same time as well.

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