Leeds United should move for £37m Man United player amid Brooks and Benson frustrations: View
FLW look at an alternative winger option for Leeds United amid frustrations with deals for David Brooks and Manuel Benson.
Leeds United could be facing a potentially busy deadline day, with incomings required, especially in defensive areas, to bolster Daniel Farke’s options at full-back.
The Whites are among the favourites for promotion this season and are in the mix again in what is their first second tier campaign in over three years. It sees them sitting fourth in the Championship with Daniel Farke at the helm.
However, they have not recruited at all in the window so far, having lost options such as Djed Spence, Luke Ayling, and Leo Hjelde from their pool of full-backs. That is not the only area they are keen to add to as the clock ticks down, though.
Southampton have signed David Brooks on loan from AFC Bournemouth for the rest of the season, with the Whites missing out on the wide forward. The Welshman has not been a regular starter for Andoni Iraola and a loan move has been suggested in the January window, with Leeds and Southampton having both been linked the most with the player.
As well as Brooks, Leeds are said to be continuing in their push to sign Burnley winger Manuel Benson. Benson has struggled for minutes at Burnley this season and with a host of Championship clubs circling for his signature, any battle is looking like it will hot up on deadline day.
Leeds should target Man United’s Amad Diallo
Amad Diallo could be an excellent loan addition for many Championship sides chasing promotion in January, including former club Sunderland, with whom he has already been linked.
Diallo spent a solitary season in the North East, but it was a very successful loan spell away from the Red Devils, with Diallo making a massive impact at the Stadium of Light, scoring 14 goals and collecting a further three assists in the league and inspiring their promotion push in the Championship.
The winger has been a wanted man for some time now, as a move failed to happen over the summer due to the injury he sustained on Man United’s pre-season tour of the United States. But Diallo returned to training in November and featured for the Premier League side in their game against Nottingham Forest last month.
Diallo has not been involved very frequently at all so far back in Manchester, despite returning from the knee issue, and speculation has increased once again about where his future could lie.
