{"id":693926,"date":"2026-01-13T21:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/693926\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T21:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:05:15","slug":"paraag-marathe-is-surely-letting-daniel-farke-down-after-latest-leeds-developments-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/693926\/","title":{"rendered":"Paraag Marathe is surely letting Daniel Farke down after latest Leeds developments in January"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Paraag<\/p>\n

Credit: Imago<\/p>\n

\"Samuel <\/p>\n

Tue 13 January 2026 19:10, UK <\/p>\n

Paraag Marathe may have found it difficult to plan for the January transfer window.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marathe could have sacked Daniel Farke<\/a> at the start of December after Leeds went on a four-game losing streak and were among the favourites to be relegated.<\/p>\n

However, a seven-match unbeaten run has left the Whites eight points adrift of safety after 21 games played in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

Farke<\/a> has overseen a remarkable change in fortunes, and he has proven that he has the tactical acumen to successfully manage in the top tier of English football.<\/p>\n

Now that it looks like Farke will stay in charge for the foreseeable future<\/a>, 49ers Enterprises should back him with quality reinforcements in the coming weeks, although not one player has walked through the door in January.<\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: ImagoLeeds still have several positions to address in the transfer market<\/p>\n

Leeds managed to welcome 10 new arrivals<\/a> to Elland Road<\/a> this summer, although they have failed to add to their ranks in January so far.<\/p>\n

Fulham star Harry Wilson looked set to join Leeds in the summer<\/a>, although the move fell through on deadline day.<\/p>\n

It shows that Marathe has failed to address the need for a creative player that can play both centrally and out wide, and links with attacking players remain few and far between.<\/p>\n\nPlayer<\/td>\nSigned from<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nJaka Bijol<\/td>\nUdinese<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLukas Nmecha<\/td>\nWolfsburg (free transfer)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nNoah Okafor<\/td>\nAC MIlan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAnton Stach <\/td>\nTSG Hoffenheim<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGabriel Gudmundsson<\/td>\nLille<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nJames Justin<\/td>\nLeicester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSean Longstaff<\/td>\nNewcastle <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDominic Calvert-Lewin<\/td>\nEverton (free transfer)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLucas Perri<\/td>\nLyon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSebastiaan Bornauw<\/td>\nWolfsburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Leeds\u2019 summer signings<\/p>\n

As for the other end of the pitch, Leeds are in pole position to sign Union Berlin centre-back Danilho Doekhi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He has spent the last four seasons with Union Berlin in the Bundesliga, helping them qualify for the Champions League with a fourth-placed finish in the 2022-23 campaign.<\/p>\n

However, with his contract expiring in the summer, Leeds<\/a> may not aim to sign him now, even though they clearly need a centre-back.<\/p>\n

\"\"Harry Wilson\u2019s stats for Fulham in all competitions this season.<\/p>\n

Marathe<\/a> has shown no signs of ruthlessness in the transfer window, and Farke must be bitterly disappointed that he hasn\u2019t got anyone new to work with.<\/p>\n

Paraag Marathe has overseen Leeds\u2019 Premier League return poorly<\/p>\n

If you look across the Premier League, every team is now spending millions of pounds in the off-season to bolster their squad.<\/p>\n

In the summer transfer window, Leeds spent the sixth-lowest spend of any Premier League team, with only \u00a398million being spent.<\/p>\n

The January window is completely different, with teams around Europe reluctant to let go of their prized stars, and therefore driving a hard bargain.<\/p>\n

However, Leeds and Man United are the only teams not to sanction a single sale or buy a single player since the window opened on 1 January.<\/p>\n

Marathe definitely needs to change his approach; otherwise, the supporters will turn their frustrations towards him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago Tue 13 January 2026 19:10, UK Paraag Marathe may have found it difficult to plan for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,1385,393,4884,1860,26575,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-693926","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-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-paraag-marathe","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115889827350629689","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693926","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=693926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}