Leeds have secured their third signing of the January transfer window in the shape of Jean-Kevin Augustin, but rumours have still been circulating about more incomings at Elland Road.
Indeed, despite the Whites already landing players in the three positions that Phil Hay said they wanted to bolster, the Yorkshire club are continuing to be linked with new arrivals.
Recent reports have indicated that Marcelo Bielsa is after a new centre-back as Cameroon international Harold Moukoudi has been linked with a loan move to Elland Road.
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On paper, Moukoudi looks as though he could be an inspired signing – putting up some fairly impressive numbers this term.
The defender averages 2.5 tackles per game, while he commits 1 foul and is dribbled past just 0.3 times per game.
However, the 22-year-old’s potential arrival on loan has the potential to cause future problems down the line for Leeds.
With Augustin arriving, Leeds’ five loan spots are once again occupied. However, considering Illan Meslier hasn’t appeared once in the league this season, the Frenchman could easily drop out of the matchday squad to make way for Moukoudi after Elia Caprile’s arrival.
After all, he has already done so this campaign when Jack Clarke had to be drafted into the squad because of a lack of attacking depth.
Furthermore, if Kiko Casilla’s charge for racism turns into a suspension, Leeds will once again be left with a problem as Meslier would be needed between the sticks.
This would mean that one of Leeds’ loanees would have to drop out of the matchday squad. Jack Harrison, Ben White and Helder Costa have appeared in every league game for the club this term and Augustin and Moukoudi would be new arrivals, so in this situation, Casilla’s ban would leave Bielsa with a big decision to make.
Whoever is forced to miss out won’t be happy, and it will lead to the Whites having a weakened squad for that time period due to the fact that they’d be without either one of their key players or one of their January signings.
In other news, one of Leeds’ reported transfer targets has been put up for sale.