{"id":278073,"date":"2025-07-20T19:07:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T19:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/278073\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T19:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T19:07:13","slug":"leeds-still-havent-fixed-a-problem-that-plagued-marcelo-bielsa-daniel-farke-must-sign-25m-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/278073\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds still haven\u2019t fixed a problem that plagued Marcelo Bielsa, Daniel Farke must sign \u00a325m star"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leeds United fans will have taken a lot of confidence from their 0-0 draw with Manchester United in Stockholm, Sweden.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaka Bijol looked solid at the back, Lukas Nmecha led the line well for Leeds<\/a> and Illia Gruev proved that he shouldn\u2019t be forgotten in the middle despite a flurry of new signings.<\/p>\n

Leeds gave a good account of themselves, but in order to be ready for the new Premier League season, Daniel Farke<\/a> has a few areas of concern.<\/p>\n

First of all, Farke made the club\u2019s stance on Patrick Bamford\u2019s future very clear, stressing Leeds\u2019 need to recruit a new number nine.<\/p>\n

And although Karl Darlow and Illan Meslier both looked solid enough against Man United\u2019s front line, Leeds still desperately need to sign a new goalkeeper.<\/p>\n

Leeds should sign Aaron Ramsdale as their new number one<\/p>\n

During the 2021\/22 season, Marcelo Bielsa\u2019s last in charge at Elland Road, Leeds made do with a combo of Meslier and Kristoffer Klaesson.<\/p>\n

And following narrow survival under the guidance of Jesse Marsch, Leeds continued to put faith in Meslier, as they have done ever since.<\/p>\n

However, Meslier clearly struggled in a title-winning side last season, hence why he lost his place to Darlow in the closing weeks of the campaign.<\/p>\n

And now, with Aaron Ramsdale<\/a> ready to leave Southampton, it\u2019s time for Leeds to table a bid.<\/p>\n

\"Southampton'sPhoto by Charlie Crowhurst\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

READ MORE<\/strong>: Michail Antonio says Leeds once had a player who was tougher to play against than Eden Hazard<\/a><\/p>\n

Of late, West Ham have shown interest in Ramsdale<\/a>, but it seems as if no Premier League side has made a concerted effort to sign the former Sheffield United player.<\/p>\n

When it comes to Ramsdale\u2019s future, he\u2019s often been wrongfully branded as a goalkeeper who lends himself to relegation, given he\u2019s gone down with Bournemouth, Sheff United and Southampton in the past.<\/p>\n

However, with the kind of back line Leeds are building in front of him, Ramsdale could be a huge success at Elland Road.<\/p>\n

Karl Darlow isn\u2019t the answer for Leeds in the Premier League<\/p>\n

In that regard, TBR Football<\/strong> understands that Southampton would want at least \u00a325m for Ramsdale, recouping the fee they paid Arsenal last summer.<\/p>\n

And given that interest is mounting in Meslier, that shouldn\u2019t be entirely beyond the 49ers\u2019 reach.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Leeds have made very sensible additions in the shape of Sean Longstaff and Gabriel Gudmundsson of late, and Anton Stach is now set to follow.<\/p>\n

And whilst some might perceive Ramsdale as a risk \u2014 that\u2019s not quite the reality. He\u2019s a tried and tested Premier League goalkeeper who won a spot in the 2022\/23 PFA Team of the Year.<\/p>\n

Leeds need to address their goalkeeping situation as soon as possible, and the likes of Bijol are already proving what a pre-season can do to help a player settle. <\/p>\n

Leeds conceded 78 goals in their last season in the top flight with Meslier in goal, more than any other side, and whilst Darlow might prove more reliable, the club should have bigger ambitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United fans will have taken a lot of confidence from their 0-0 draw with Manchester United in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[13647,748,393,162,4884,1860,2922,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-278073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-aaron-ramsdale","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-english-premier-league","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-leeds-united","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114887134277381347","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}