{"id":490270,"date":"2025-10-11T06:06:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T06:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/490270\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T06:06:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T06:06:16","slug":"what-leeds-will-definitely-do-in-january-as-transfer-plans-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/490270\/","title":{"rendered":"What Leeds will ‘definitely’ do in January as transfer plans revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leeds United will be hoping to stay in the Premier League to curb the recurring theme of all three promoted sides going straight back down to the Championship.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Daniel Farke\u2019s<\/a> side were relegated under Sam Allardyce in May 2023, and with the German boss coming to the helm, he suffered anguish at Elland Road a year later when Leeds<\/a> lost the Championship play-off final to Southampton.<\/p>\n

However, they were undeterred and won the second-tier last season with a 100-point campaign, signalling a return to the Premier League<\/a>, where they have made some solid summer business.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s been a decent start for the German boss with Leeds being outside of the relegation zone, but the threat of relegation will be far from over for much of the season. <\/p>\n

And TBR Football\u2019s<\/strong> chief correspondent Graeme Bailey believes that they could conduct January business to stay as far away from the bottom three as possible.<\/p>\n

\"DanielPhoto by Linnea Rheborg\/Getty ImagesLeeds will sign \u2018two or three\u2019 players in January transfer window as Calvert-Lewin start heralded<\/p>\n

A mixture of free signings, Premier League quality and international experience has arrived at Elland Road. But notably, all of their signings are between the ages of 25 and 28, with a clear intent to add players who are in, or coming into, their prime.<\/p>\n

However, Bailey believes that although Leeds are \u2018happy\u2019 with how squad quality has improved with Dominic Calvert-Lewin<\/a> being namechecked, they know they were a couple of players short in the summer.<\/p>\n

And that means they will \u2018definitely\u2019 spend in the January window to further their chances of survival. Bailey told TBR Football<\/strong>: \u201cThey know they were a couple of players short in the summer window \u2013 that\u2019s something they\u2019ve accepted internally. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey made a great start with their defensive and midfield signings, but they\u2019re aware they still lack options in certain areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cOverall, they\u2019re making a good fist of it and happy with how the quality has improved, especially with [Dominic] Calvert-Lewin and [Noah] Okafor. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey might not be household names, but they\u2019ve been a big upgrade on what Leeds had in the Championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plan is to be active in January \u2013 they\u2019re looking to bring in another two, maybe three players. <\/p>\n

\u201cStaying up is the priority, and they know that will probably require investment. From what I\u2019m told, they\u2019ll definitely spend in January to give themselves the best chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

With little under \u00a37million garnered in player sales in the summer, Leeds may have to be sure on the return of their January investments before signing and sealing any incomings.<\/p>\n

\"DominicPhoto by Stu Forster\/Getty ImagesHow Leeds\u2019 Premier League survival bid has turned out so far<\/p>\n

Leeds have had a relatively strong start on their return to the Premier League.<\/p>\n

Two wins over expected bottom-half finishers, Wolverhampton Wanderers and a reinvigorated Everton, have seen them put points on the board, whilst home draws to Newcastle and Bournemouth are respectable results.<\/p>\n

Even though the Bournemouth draw came via a last-minute equaliser from Cherries striker Eli Junior Kroupi, their strong start means it\u2019s still a valuable point.<\/p>\n

Three defeats have all come to London teams in Arsenal<\/a>, Tottenham and Fulham. They were well-beaten by Mikel Arteta\u2019s side, but they won\u2019t be the only side to lose at the Emirates, whilst their loss at Craven Cottage only came from a bizarre own goal from Gabriel Gudmundsson.<\/p>\n

There is certainly reason to be optimistic in West Yorkshire and with two winnable fixtures against Burnley and West Ham after the international break, it will be a telling sign as to Leeds\u2019 chances of staying up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United will be hoping to stay in the Premier League to curb the recurring theme of all…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,1385,33761,393,162,4884,1860,2922,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-490270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-daniel-farke","10":"tag-dominic-calvert-lewin","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-english-premier-league","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-leeds","15":"tag-leeds-united","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115354035520200626","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490270","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=490270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}