With Leeds United all but safe in the Premier League and only three games remaining, attention is already starting to turn towards the summer transfer window.
There’s also an awareness that avoiding complacency will be crucial, especially with the second season in the top flight often being even more challenging and requiring significant investment.
Work is already going on behind the scenes to improve the squad, with the club identifying key areas to strengthen and drawing up potential transfer targets before the season has even finished.
Leeds are looking to bring in attacking reinforcements in the summer, and the club are now accelerating their efforts to bring in one of their top targets.
A move for Lois Openda is gathering pace
Juventus signed Lois Openda on loan with an obligation to buy. However, he has scored just once in the league this season and is struggling to settle in Italy.
Leeds are interested in getting their hands on him, and are considering signing the 26-year-old striker on a loan-to-buy deal in the upcoming transfer window.
According to Football Insider, the move for Openda is now gathering pace after Leeds are now almost confirmed to remain in the Premier League next season.
They will likely secure mathematical even before they face Tottenham next Monday, so the club are now pressing the accelerator on their transfer moves.
Openda is a top target, and Leeds believe the forward is more talented than he has shown in Italy. They are now pushing to sign him in the summer.
Juventus are pushing to secure as much of the £35m initial investment on the striker up front in any deal to move him on in the upcoming transfer window.
Leeds need a striker in the summer
Dominic Calvert-Lewin has played a key role in pushing Leeds to the brink of Premier League survival, something they are expected to secure in the coming weeks.
That said, his form in recent months has highlighted that Leeds cannot rely on him as a consistent source of goals at this level over the long term.
With the club now likely to stay up, they will need to bring in an upgrade on the former Everton striker, whether to partner him or take his place in the starting lineup next season.
Leeds cannot afford to stand still. They need a more clinical forward who can deliver goals regularly and make a bigger impact in key moments than Calvert-Lewin.
