Leeds United have snapped up six new players to bolster their squad that won the Championship last season and earned promotion to the Premier League. The club are expected to bring in more players in the coming days and weeks to fully prepare for a grinding Premier League campaign.
Daniel Farke has revealed Leeds have followed a meticulous plan this summer to strengthen their squad. They brought in a raft of defenders early in the window to add depth to their backline and signed Sean Longstaff and Anton Stach within a matter of days to add more power and height to their midfield.
Leeds are set to turn their attention towards adding forwards to their squad. The club have tabled a bid to sign Feyenoord winger Igor Paixao, and are willing to wait to sign Fulham striker Rodrigo Muniz, who is their top target.
The Yorkshire giants are also on the cusp of bringing in a replacement for Illan Meslier. Lucas Perri is finalising his transfer to Leeds from Lyon and is set to join imminently.
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Lucas Perri is set to become a record-breaking transfer for Leeds United
The Brazilian goalkeeper is undergoing a medical at Leeds’ training base in Germany ahead of joining the rest of the squad for pre-season preparations.
He has been the number one target all summer despite Leeds looking at several other goalkeepers, and the club are convinced that they are getting a top player.
Personal terms are in place between Leeds and Perri, and many feel the Whites are set to pull off a coup by finalising his transfer this summer.
According to TEAMTalk, the Brazilian goalkeeper will break a Leeds transfer record once he officially joins the club in the ongoing window.
He will become, by far, the most expensive goalkeeper in the club’s history once he puts pen to paper on a long-term contract with Leeds.
Illan Meslier held the previous record when he signed for a fee of £5.1m, but Perri is joining the Whites for more than triple that amount.
Leeds have agreed to pay a fee of £15.6m, which is still less than Lyon’s initial asking price of £20m, but comfortably the biggest fee the club have forked out for a goalkeeper.
Perri joins Leeds’ land of giants
Leeds’ summer transfer work has one common theme – all the players signed are physically imposing figures on the pitch.
Sebastiaan Bornauw, Gabriel Gudmundsson and Jaka Bijol are all tall defenders, and Sean Longstaff and Anton Stach, particularly the latter, are big units in midfield.
Leeds’ priority striker target Rodrigo Muniz is another physical specimen, and their interest in Perri has followed a similar theme.
Daniel Farke is seeking to build a squad who are not going to get bullied in the Premier League physically, and set-pieces will play a major role if Leeds have to survive next season.
Worth every penny if he can catch a ball and pass it to his team mates.
just 2 number 10s, and a couple of number 9 strikers.