Leeds United could be set for a busy end to the summer transfer window with reinforcements still needed in attacking areas. So far, only three new arrivals have come through the door in forward positions and two of those were free agents, with around £18million spent in total.
That fee went to AC Milan for Swiss winger Noah Okafor, who made his debut in Tuesday’s Carabao Cup penalty shootout defeat to Sheffield Wednesday. Free agent striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin came off the bench for his first minutes at Hillsborough while Lukas Nmecha, also a free transfer, started.
Daniel Farke has maintained there is still a need for attacking quality and a number of summer transfer targets could still be available, given they are yet to secure moves away from the club they began this summer with. Below, the YEP takes a look at the current status of those potential targets with less than one week of the window remaining.
7. Emi Buendia
Another who has been linked with a move to Elland Road over several windows, including this summer's. Still at Aston Villa but with little chance of playing regular football there. Stuttgart have recently seen a loan with option offer rejected as talks continue at Villa Park over the Argentinian's future. | Clive Mason/Getty Images Photo: Clive Mason/Getty Images
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8. Facundo Buonanotte
Leeds are thought to like the playmaker but have believed he would join a club competing in Europe. A loan move away from the Amex could materialise in the final days of the summer window, with reports suggesting Brighton would like him to stay in the Premier League. | Getty Images
9. Fotis Ioannidis
BBC Sport named Ioannidis as a possible late-summer target for Leeds earlier this month, even after the arrivals of Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Lukas Nmecha. Panathinaikos reportedly want more than £20m for the striker, who scored six goals in 26 Greek Super League appearances last season. Sporting CP are also thought to be heavily interested in the Greek international. | Milos Bicanski/Getty Images Photo: Milos Bicanski/Getty Images
10. Rodrigo Muniz
Is thought to have been Leeds' top striker target all summer and a £32m bid was rejected by Fulham several weeks ago. Looking increasingly likely to stay at Craven Cottage, however, with the London club believed to want close to £50m for the Brazilian. | AFP via Getty Images
11. Beto
Sky Sports named Beto as a target right at the start of summer but a deal was always likely to be difficult, given Everton's lack of depth in that area. The 27-year-old has been heavily involved so far this season and is unlikely to leave so late. | Getty Images
12. Ermedin Demirovic
Sky Germany's Florian Plettenberg named Leeds as one of many Premier League teams to enquire about Demirovic, who scored 15 Bundesliga goals last season. Stuttgart want to keep the 27-year-old who has been labelled 'a player to watch' in the window's final days. | Selim Sudheimer/Getty Images Photo: Selim Sudheimer/Getty Images