Leeds United have already reached the 40-point mark with four games still to play, and several of their key players have stepped up as standout performers in the Premier League this season.
A lot of credit has to go to the recruitment team, who strengthened the squad smartly last summer without splashing huge money on a single player, allowing for a proper rebuild.
Some of those signings have turned plenty of heads across the league and could even find themselves in the running for the ‘signing of the season’ award by the end of the campaign.
However, a few of them have not worked out, and a player such as Lucas Perri has entered the conversation for the worst signings of the season in the Premier League.
Lucas Perri is named amongst the top 20 worst signings of the season
The Daily Mail has compiled a list of 20 players who have been termed the worst signings of the season in the Premier League this year.
Lucas Perri has managed to find a place in the list at number 11 after a season where he lost his place in the team to a journeyman goalkeeper such as Karl Darlow.
The tabloid quipped that Daniel Farke realised in the middle of the season that he could not keep Perri in the team if Leeds were to survive in the Premier League this season.
Nathan Salt wrote for the Daily Mail and said: “The Brazilian arrived from Lyon on a four-year deal, with most Leeds United fans rejoicing that the days of Illan Meslier between the sticks were over. They had found their new No 1.
“But despite starting the campaign as No. 1, Daniel Farke axed Perri midway through the season in favour of Karl Darlow, and Perri has had to play second fiddle ever since, making do with cup games in 2026.
“He managed 16 fairly unimpressive appearances in the Premier League before Farke decided that if Leeds were to stay up, it wouldn’t be with Perri in goal. Pretty damning and ominous for his long-term prospects, less than a year into that four-year deal.”
He may have played his last game for Leeds
The Brazilian goalkeeper has not made a Premier League appearance since the end of December and has been decisively replaced by Karl Darlow.
Perri was instrumental in Leeds’ FA Cup run, producing shootout heroics against West Ham in the quarter-finals at the London Stadium.
However, Leeds’ defeat to Chelsea in the semi-final means the goalkeeper could have played his last game for Leeds.
The club want to bring in a new goalkeeper in the summer, and Perri seems like the one who may have to make way for a new signing.
Darlow is expected to be offered a new contract and is likely to be more ready to be number 2 to a new goalkeeper than Perri, who joined Leeds with the expectation of being number one.
