Report: Leeds submit bid for striker

It seems that Leeds United have their sights set on a seventh summer time signing…

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In response to talkSPORT switch skilled Alex Criminal, the Yorkshire outfit have submitted a bid for a brand new striker, although the participant is presently unnamed.

“I’ve been instructed they’ve acquired a bid in for an unnamed striker,” he revealed in an enormous replace to GIVEMESPORT.

“I don’t know who that’s, however they need a bit of canopy and a little bit of competitors for Patrick Bamford.”

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Bamford backup is a should

This newest declare will certainly go away supervisor Jesse Marsch completely delighted because the no.9 place was quite problematic after he took over from Marcelo Bielsa again in late February.

The American head coach was left with out the membership’s most important talisman, Bamford, for giant components of the season as a consequence of a spread of damage issues and with out having a senior backup, he needed to flip to youth or to deploying different gamers out of place.

Bamford solely made 9 appearances and scored simply two targets within the Premier League final time period, a gutting blow as he completed their maiden marketing campaign again within the Premier League a season earlier than on 17 targets.

The inexperienced Joe Gelhardt garnered some minutes nevertheless it was typically the light-weight, diminutive determine of Daniel James up prime for the Whites.

It stays to be seen precisely who Leeds have bid for, although they’ve been linked with some intriguing choices within the press all through the low season.

These embrace Paris Saint-Germain starlet Arnaud Kalimuendo, who’s considered obtainable for £21m, and Blackburn Rovers‘ prolific Chilean, Ben Brereton Diaz, who has lengthy been mooted with a swap to Elland Street.

Marsch might be determined so as to add some depth to his frontline, having already bolstered different key areas of the squad with as many as six new additions, so to study that there’s a bid in for somebody of this position is definitely massively encouraging.

Tyler Adams and Marc Roca have been introduced in to fill the void left behind by Kalvin Phillips in central midfield, while Luis Sinisterra is prone to be the person to switch the soon-to-be departing Raphinha.

Now Leeds simply want to search out that elusive new striker to make sure that a repeat of final season doesn’t occur this time round.

AND in different information, Orta might now seal “large coup” with Leeds swoop for “scary” £19.8m-rated machine…