{"id":680311,"date":"2026-01-07T16:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/680311\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T16:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:49:16","slug":"leeds-hold-talks-to-sign-incredible-cf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/680311\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds hold talks to sign “incredible” CF"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Farke<\/a> is enjoying a renaissance at Leeds United<\/a> at the moment, when he once looked almost certain to be sacked.<\/p>\n

The once under-pressure German has now spearheaded an unbelievable eight-match unbeaten run in the Premier League<\/a> for the Whites, with Noah Okafor coming out to state that the ex-Norwich City manager is a “top coach”<\/a> for the swift turnaround in fortunes in West Yorkshire.<\/p>\n

\"Leeds-United-1\"<\/p>\n

This is a complete change of narrative from when Farke was regularly being tipped to be axed<\/a> in October and November, as the revitalised boss now hunts down some January additions to solidify the feel-good factor and to avoid a slump in form.<\/p>\n

Leeds hold talks with La Liga star <\/strong><\/p>\n

Farke has done extremely well to maintain this impressive run of form, with the likes of Joe Rodon out of the side owing to injury.<\/p>\n

He could bring in Chelsea outcast Axel Disasi<\/a> to strengthen at the back, as the commanding Welshman remains sidelined, with a deal reportedly in the advanced stages for the Frenchman to leave Stamford Bridge behind for new opportunities at Elland Road.<\/p>\n

\"Disasi-Newcastle-Chelsea-EFL-Cup\"<\/p>\n

Leeds are some way off completing another deal for Real Madrid sensation Gonzalo Garcia, on the other hand, with TEAMtalk revealing<\/a> that the Premier League newcomers have been rebuffed in their latest approach for the Los Blancos centre-forward.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the report states that Leeds have been admirers of the young Spaniard for some time now, having even been noted – back in November – to be planning a \u00a317m bid for the 21-year-old’s services.<\/p>\n

\"Gonzalo<\/p>\n

Nothing has materialised, though, with the latest set of enquiries from Leeds, and their top-flight rivals in Sunderland, being met with clear rejection, as Garcia fights for a starting place at the Santiago Bernabeu.<\/p>\n

Leeds’ long-standing interest means this is a deal that won’t just fizzle out, however, as the Whites could go the distance all window long in trying to tempt Garcia to England, with the Madrid-born striker arguably a bigger talent than the free-flowing Dominic Calvert-Lewin<\/a>, already situated at Elland Road.<\/p>\n

Why Garcia is a bigger talent than Calvert-Lewin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of course, when initially taking this statement at face value, this does feel like a ludicrous comment to make, with Calvert-Lewin deep in a purple patch of form in the Premier League, which has seen him power home eight top-flight goals donning Leeds white.<\/p>\n

But, there will be a worry lingering at the back of everyone’s minds at Leeds, that Calvert-Lewin is prone to a slip-up in form, as evidenced by the ex-Everton marksman only powering home three top-flight goals all of last season, as his injury difficulties took a firm grip.<\/p>\n

\"Dominic<\/p>\n

At 28 years of age, as well, it’s clear that Calvert-Lewin will be winding down his playing days in the near future, even with the Sheffield-born striker now sticking out as an arguable late bloomer, having been a largely inconsistent scorer of Premier League goals since a very early age.<\/p>\n

It would take the 11-time England international 43 outings at the very pinnacle of English football to reach five league strikes.<\/p>\n

On the contrary, Garcia is already eight goals down for Xabi Alonso’s men from 30 senior appearances, with his manager hailing him as an “unbelievable” and “aggressive”<\/a> attacker to work with, when making considerable strides in the men’s game in Madrid.<\/p>\n

Garcia’s last run-out in La Liga versus Real Betis saw him power home a sensational hat-trick, with Alonso and Co. not put off whatsoever in their aims to win, even as Kylian Mbappe was missing from the starting lineup.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, their homegrown sensation stepped up and delivered the goods, instead, with the red-hot striker showing why he’s been hailed as “incredible”<\/a> in the past by scout Jacek Kulig, when putting away a stunning four goals in Club World Cup action in pre-season – even when facing the likes of European giants Borussia Dortmund and Juventus.<\/p>\n\n

Garcia’s Real Madrid record<\/p>\n<\/tr>\n\n

Age bracket<\/p>\n

Games<\/p>\n

Goals + Assists<\/p>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

RM Castilla<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

73<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

30 + 7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

Real Madrid<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

8 + 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n

Madrid Youth League<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

6 + 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n

Sourced by Transfermarkt<\/a><\/p>\n<\/tr>\n

With his blistering goalscoring record clear for all to see in the table above, it’s not the wildest shout to suggest that Garcia could surpass Calvert-Lewin’s long-standing career at the very top in time, with the 21-year-old also boldly dubbed as a “world-class”<\/a> finisher by journalist Zach Lowy.<\/p>\n

For now, Leeds will bask in the glory of Calvert-Lewin’s goalscoring prowess.<\/p>\n

\"gonzalo-garcia-real-madrid\"<\/p>\n

But, in the long term, landing Garcia’s services, against all the odds, could put them in an even better position for success, as the Spain U21 regular is already a feared goal machine on some grand stages, at just 21 years of age.<\/p>\n

\"Ethan-Ampadu\"<\/p>\n

Related<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tDeal in advanced stages: Leeds well placed to sign Ampadu 2.0 this month
\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

Leeds United could secure a January signing very shortly by winning this dominant star’s services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel Farke is enjoying a renaissance at Leeds United at the moment, when he once looked almost certain…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-680311","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":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115854846878910852","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680311","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=680311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}