Leeds United weren’t in motion within the Championship this weekend as they put together to tackle promotion rivals Burnley at Turf Moor in an enormous conflict on Monday evening.
It has been weekend of outcomes for the Whites, nevertheless, as Sheffield United had been hammered 3-0 by Hull at Bramall Lane and Sunderland conceded in stoppage time to attract 2-2 with Plymouth Argyle.
Because of this the West Yorkshire outfit stay high of the Championship desk and that can nonetheless be the case after Monday’s match, until Burnley win by at the least 4 objectives.
The Whites beat Norwich Metropolis 2-0 of their final outing within the second tier, due to objectives from Manor Solomon and Dan James, and shall be hoping for a equally convincing scoreline in opposition to the Clarets.
Regardless of the terrific place that Leeds are in in the meanwhile within the Championship, Daniel Farke might nonetheless look to utilise the January switch window earlier than it slams shut in simply over every week.
The truth is, the membership have a reported curiosity in signing a participant from a Premier League facet to come back in and add to their choices on the high finish of the pitch.
Leeds chasing formidable Premier League deal
In accordance with TEAMtalk, Leeds are certainly one of quite a few golf equipment eyeing up a swoop to signal Evan Ferguson on mortgage from Brighton & Hove Albion earlier than the top of the window.
The report, firstly, explains how Bayer Leverkusen have joined the race for Aston Villa attacking midfielder Emiliano Buendia, which might blow the Whites out of the working for the Argentina worldwide, who beforehand labored with Farke at Carrow Street.
It then provides that the West Yorkshire outfit have additionally already missed out on the prospect to signal central defender Andrew Omobamidele from Nottingham Forest, because the Eire worldwide has accomplished a transfer to Strasbourg on mortgage with an choice to make the deal everlasting.
TEAMtalk experiences that the 49ers are, now, chasing an ‘formidable’ deal to signal Ferguson from the Premier League facet on mortgage, within the hope of not lacking out on him in the identical means that they give the impression of being to have with Omobamidele and Buendia.
It’s an formidable try by Leeds as a result of there may be loads of curiosity within the striker from groups within the high flight, with West Ham reportedly eager to signal the £100m-rated ahead while Bournemouth and Arsenal are additionally mentioned to be eager on the younger marksman.
If the 49ers can persuade Brighton to ship the ahead on mortgage to the Championship, maybe with the motivation that he might drop down a degree and rating objectives frequently to spice up his confidence in entrance of aim, then they might land a second spectacular Premier League loanee, alongside Manor Solomon.
Manor Solomon’s kind for Leeds this season
The Tottenham Hotspur loanee joined the Whites in the summertime to bolster Farke’s choices on the left flank and made a sluggish begin to life in Yorkshire, with a return of zero objectives and one help in his first eight appearances.
It was a troublesome begin for the Israel worldwide and which will have been right down to the truth that his final aggressive look for Spurs was again in September 2023, which meant that he didn’t arrive at Elland Street with a lot match sharpness.
Since that less-than-impressive opening eight matches within the Championship, the 25-year-old dynamo has established himself as a star for the Whites and at the moment seems to be undroppable as a part of the attacking unit for Farke.
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24/25 Championship |
Manor Solomon |
|---|---|
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Appearances |
21 |
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Begins |
12 |
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Targets |
5 |
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Huge probabilities created |
7 |
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Assists |
5 |
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Stats by way of Sofascore |
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As you’ll be able to see within the desk above, Solomon has supplied a menace as each a scorer and a creator of objectives for the Whites within the second tier, with ten direct aim contributions in 12 begins.
Two of these aim involvements got here within the win over Norwich in midweek, scoring after 30 seconds and helping Dan James within the second half, and he shall be hoping so as to add to his tally in Monday’s conflict with Burnley.
Solomon has, subsequently, been a profitable Premier League loanee and Leeds might land one other one by bringing in Ferguson, who might additionally thrive alongside the Spurs man.
Why Leeds ought to signal Evan Ferguson
The 20-year-old striker has failed to interrupt into the beginning line-up at Brighton and his latest harm points could have performed a giant function in that. He has missed the final seven video games with an ankle problem and was out between April and August with an ankle harm final 12 months.
Because of this it might be of venture for Leeds to signal the Irish marksman this month as a result of there isn’t any assure that he’ll be capable of overcome his harm points to turn out to be a daily starter within the second half of the season.
Nonetheless, Ferguson has the potential to be a “phenomenal”, as dubbed by teammate James Milner, participant when he’s match and accessible, which might make the gamble value it for the Whites.
As you’ll be able to see in among the clips above, the younger gem can rating objectives at Premier League degree and has an unimaginable knack for being in the correct place on the proper time.
The Irish ace has already scored 13 objectives in 59 appearances within the top-flight, regardless of his age, and has greater than made the a lot of the probabilities which have come his means.
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Premier League profession |
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|---|---|---|---|
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Evan Ferguson |
xG |
Targets |
Differential |
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22/23 |
5.67 |
6 |
+0.33 |
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23/24 |
3.97 |
6 |
+2.03 |
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24/25 |
0.66 |
1 |
+0.34 |
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Complete |
10.29 |
13 |
+2.71 |
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Stats by way of UnderStat |
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As you’ll be able to see within the desk above, Ferguson has constantly been a robust finisher for Brighton within the Premier League, outperforming his xG each season.
This might make him a very enticing goal for Leeds provided that they’ve scored 51 objectives from 55.6 xG within the Championship, which means that they might profit from having a medical finisher of their squad.
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Solomon might additionally thrive with a ruthless finisher forward of him within the staff. He has solely recorded 5 assists from seven ‘huge probabilities’ created and Ferguson might enhance the winger’s help tally by profiting from the massive probabilities that the ahead can create frequently.
Leeds might, then, have two Premier League loanees with the flexibility to make a huge effect on the high finish of the pitch, propelling the facet to promotion.