{"id":292176,"date":"2025-07-26T02:41:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T02:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/292176\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T02:41:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T02:41:18","slug":"leeds-priority-now-glaringly-obvious-after-patrick-bamford-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/292176\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds priority now &#8216;glaringly obvious&#8217; after Patrick Bamford latest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bamford-Farke-1140x641.png\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Patrick Bamford and Daniel Farke\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Credit: Imago\/Hasan Karim)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753497673_921_00b64913d297112f0119828c00681b23\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Josh Edwards\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Fri 25 July 2025 16:40, UK <\/p>\n<p>This article includes exclusive comment from former Leeds United goalkeeper Paul Robinson.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds United still have a lot of work to do this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Farke looks set to have his squad bolstered for the seventh time this summer, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/lucas-perri-spotted-at-airport-as-leeds-united-transfer-edges-closer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deal for Lucas Perri imminent<\/a> after an agreement was reached with Lyon.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the Whites have strengthened their defence and midfield, and will be hoping to seal several more arrivals before their campaign gets underway in August.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, the latest update on <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/patrick-bamford-leeds-united-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Bamford<\/a> will see those plans accelerated at <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elland Road<\/a>, and it is clear what they need to do.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patrick-Bamford-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Patrick Bamford\" class=\"wp-image-189738\" \/>Bamford appears to be on his way out (Credit: Imago)<strong>Farke needs to see a striker come through the door<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/news\/bamford-finished-at-leeds-after-private-talks-with-farke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bamford has been told he is no longer in Leeds\u2019 plans<\/a>, while Mateo Joseph has handed in a transfer request, amplifying the need for the Whites to sign a new striker.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, Paul Robinson has expressed the importance of a new number nine when speaking exclusively to <strong>MOT Leeds News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI think there\u2019s more to come from Leeds.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Patrick Bamford at Leeds United<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\ufeff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Appearances<\/td>\n<td>205<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goals<\/td>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Assists<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Honours<\/td>\n<td>Championship title x2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Bamford\u2019s record at Leeds United<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is glaringly obvious that they need a new striker. Obviously, with the things that have been said in the press recently about Patrick Bamford, he\u2019s clearly going to leave the club. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMateo Joseph has expressed his interest in leaving the club this summer, so it is crucial that Leeds sign one, or maybe even two new strikers, in the coming weeks.\u201c<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/leeds-united-daniel-farke-2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Daniel Farke looking stressed as Leeds boss\" class=\"wp-image-158086\" \/>Farke will be getting frustrated at the lack of transfer activity involving forwards (Credit: Imago)<strong>Leeds must accelerate transfer plans<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the season is still a few weeks away, Farke will want the majority of his squad together for pre-season; otherwise, they face the risk of having a slow start.<\/p>\n<p>On the attacker front, nothing appears to be imminent, and that will need to change in the coming days, with it now a clear priority to bolster their forward line.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFloxY1SWsv0yud4k0u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MOT Leeds News WhatsApp channel<\/a>\u00a0and turn on notifications to have all the latest, breaking Leeds United news sent straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago\/Hasan Karim) Fri 25 July 2025 16:40, UK This article includes exclusive comment from former Leeds United&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,2924,23534,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-292176","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-patrick-bamford","13":"tag-paul-robinson","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114917230982134966","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292176","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=292176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}