{"id":390777,"date":"2025-09-02T02:31:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T02:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/390777\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T02:31:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T02:31:22","slug":"leeds-and-49ers-tried-for-near-record-35m-signing-hes-similar-to-paixao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/390777\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds and 49ers tried for near-record \u00a335m signing, he’s similar to Paixao"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leeds United<\/a> looked at signing a new attacker on deadline day but missed out to a rival Premier League club.<\/p>\n

The Whites head into the first international break of the Premier League<\/a> season above the likes of Manchester City and Newcastle United in the table, however Daniel Farke<\/a> still wanted more signings before Monday\u2019s deadline.<\/p>\n

Picking up four points from the first three games, Leeds are yet to score from open play in the Premier League, bringing in Lukas Nmecha and Dominic Calvert-Lewin on free transfers.<\/p>\n\n

Leeds incomings<\/a><\/p>\n

From<\/p>\n

Fee<\/p>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

Noah Okafor<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

AC Milan<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

\u00a318m<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

Anton Stach<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Hoffenheim<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

\u00a317.4m<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

Jaka Bijol<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Udinese<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

\u00a315m<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

Lucas Perri<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Lyon<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

\u00a313.9m<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

Sean Longstaff<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Newcastle<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

\u00a312m<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

Gabriel Gudmundsson<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Lille<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

\u00a310m<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

James Justin<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Leicester City<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

\u00a310m<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

Sebastiaan Bornauw<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Wolfsburg<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

\u00a35m<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

Louis Enahoro-Marcus<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Liverpool<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Undisclosed<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

Lukas Nmecha<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Wolfsburg<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Free<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

Dominic Calvert-Lewin<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Everton<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Free<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Noah Okafor has been the marquee addition in the final third, but Farke urged the 49ers Enterprises to bring in more quality<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t play any games. Everyone in the club says: \u2018OK, we want to try everything to give us the best possible squad\u2019. Everyone wants to add, in the offence, some more quality players. If not, we also won\u2019t raise the white flag and say, \u2018OK, that\u2019s it\u2019. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe have shown we are competitive in the first three games, but it will be difficult (thereafter). There\u2019s also no moaning, but, until the last hour of the window, we have to try everything to bring some more quality in.\u201d<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen whether or not Farke will get his wish in January, or if he\u2019ll have to rely on Nmecha, Calvert-Lewin, Okafor, Jack Harrison, Dan James, Brenden Aaronson and Wilfried Gnonto for the entire season.<\/p>\n

Leeds were big fans of \u00a335m Dilane Bakwa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Linked with a move to Leeds over the summer was Strasbourg winger Dilane Bakwa, and he remained on the Whites\u2019 radar with hours remaining of the transfer window.<\/p>\n

\"dilane-bakwa-leeds-strasbourg\"<\/p>\n

Leeds were thought to be in pole position<\/a> to sign the attacker before the 5-0 defeat to Arsenal, however, Nottingham Forest have since come in for the 23-year-old and sealed a deal late in the day.<\/p>\n\n

Wingers similar to Bakwa<\/p>\n

Club<\/p>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

Jarrod Bowen<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

West Ham<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

Jack Harrison<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Leeds<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

Igor Paixao<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Marseille<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

Dan James<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Leeds<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

Ismaila Sarr<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Crystal Palace<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

According to LeedsLive in their transfer deadline day blog, Bakwa<\/a> had big admirers at Leeds and a \u00a335m deal would have been a near record from what the club paid for Georginio Rutter back in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cStrasbourg winger Dilane Bakwa is still available and we know Leeds are big admirers of the player. Nottingham Forest are said to have had a couple of bids rejected for Bakwa in this window.\u201d<\/p>\n

As can be seen, Bakwa has been compared to Harrison, James and even summer transfer target Igor Paixao by Football Transfers<\/a>, and Leeds ultimately missed out on his services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United looked at signing a new attacker on deadline day but missed out to a rival Premier…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-390777","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-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390777","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=390777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}