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Leeds United\u2019s deadline day fizzled out quickly as Daniel Farke failed to get any more players through the door on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n Facundo Buonanotte was Leeds\u2019 only senior signing<\/a> of the winter transfer window, coming in on loan from Brighton until the end of the season. <\/p>\n 18-year-old Leonard Ngenge was also brought in<\/a>, from Nigerian side Remo Stars, but he will be joining up with the academy to continue his development.<\/p>\n Despite the fact that Farke<\/a> still had targets on the final day of the window, the deadline passed without any major action for the Elland Road outfit.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Leeds fail to get goalkeeper signing over the line<\/p>\n In the closing stages of the winter transfer window, it became clear that Farke wanted a new goalkeeper.<\/p>\n Both Lucas Perri<\/a> and Karl Darlow have looked less than comfortable in the Premier League this season, but Leeds were unable to bring in an alternative option.<\/p>\n According to Leeds Live<\/a>, sources within Elland Road point to the fact that there are already four keepers in the squad, Illan Meslier and Alex Cairns, along with Darlow and Perri.<\/p>\n Leeds goalkeepers this season<\/p>\n They are already overstocked in that position, and signing a fifth shot-stopper would have been a \u201cbizarre\u201d decision.<\/p>\n Instead, it was the Whites\u2019 inability to offload Meslier<\/a> last summer which restricted their chances of strengthening their goalkeeping department in the winter window.<\/p>\n The 25-year-old Frenchman has not played a single minute this term and is now likely to leave at the end of the season on a free transfer.<\/p>\n Daniel Farke\u2019s transfer request ignored<\/p>\n At the start of January, Leeds did not have a new goalkeeper on their radar, with Perri still the number one.<\/p>\n However, after several errors against Manchester United and Newcastle, the Brazilian was relegated to the bench, with Darlow given a chance in the team.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Leeds Live add that it is unknown whether Farke\u2019s request for a new shot-stopper came at the start of the window before Perri had been dropped, or after the 28-year-old\u2019s high-profile mistakes.<\/p>\n Either way, the higher-ups at Elland Road<\/a> clearly decided that the German has enough goalkeeping options to keep the Whites in the Premier League, and the situation will likely be reassessed in the summer.<\/p>\n\n Name<\/strong><\/td>\n Appearances<\/strong><\/td>\n Minutes<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Lucas Perri<\/td>\n 16<\/td>\n 1440<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Karl Darlow<\/td>\n 10<\/td>\n 900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Illan Meslier<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Alex Cairns<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n