Leeds United are rapidly running out of time to bring in more players as the transfer window is set to slam shut on Tuesday evening.
The Whites confirmed their fifth signing of the summer on Saturday evening when goalkeeper Michael Zetterer completed a move from Eintracht Frankfurt to Elland Road.
However, Daniel Farke wants to bring in more new faces for his squad and believes that there are a few areas of his team that still need more depth.
Leeds are particularly interested in adding more goals and creativity to their squad in the final 48 hours of the transfer window, and they are now plotting a late raid on a Championship club.
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Leeds are scrambling for options in the final 48 hours of the transfer window as they push to fill the gaps in their squad before the transfer deadline.
Daniel Farke has been keen to add a versatile attacker who can play on the left all summer, and the club remain hopeful of signing Chelsea’s Mykhailo Mudryk.
However, the club are considering other targets as well and according to journalist Alan Nixon, Leeds are now exploring signing Wolves attacking midfielder Mateus Mane.
The 18-year-old impressed for a Wolves side that suffered relegation from the Premier League last season, and several clubs have been keeping tabs on him.
Wolves have managed to hold on to him until now, but Leeds are now considering making a late dash to snare the teenager away from Molineux.
He’s young, energetic and has plenty of room to develop. Mane is the kind of profile Farke is keen to bring in before the transfer window closes.
However, Wolves are reluctant to sell him, and it may cost as much as £40m to sign the teenage attacking midfielder at this stage of the window.
This will be a huge gamble
Fiorentina’s late interest in Wilfried Gnonto has opened the door for Leeds to sign a versatile wide attacker, and they seem keen to bring in one.
Leeds have been interested in Mane for a while, and he is definitely a talented young player. But if Leeds sign him, it will be based on his promise rather than his performances in the Premier League.
If Wolves stick to their price, it would be an enormous gamble for Leeds to pay £40m for an unproven talent, even in this inflated market.
It would be much better if Leeds diverted those funds towards signing a striker, as they are seriously short of proven options beyond Calvert-Lewin in the squad.
40m a huge gambleso why take the risk keep gnonto and play him more