Leeds end window with defensive signings but no attacking options

Leeds United closed the summer transfer window with significant defensive and midfield reinforcements but without the attacking additions manager Daniel Farke sought, leaving him and supporters concerned about the club's ability to score goals as the Premier League campaign progresses. The Whites saw late moves for wingers Harry Wilson and Manor Solomon collapse on deadline day, prompting internal calls to revisit attacking targets in January, sources said.

With James Justin the only late arrival secured on August 25, Leeds ended the window having added a new goalkeeper, several defenders and midfielders but falling short of bringing in a natural number 10 or the right winger Farke wanted. The club signed Lucas Perri, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Jaka Bijol, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Sean Longstaff and Anton Stach among others over the summer, spending roughly 103 million pounds in total without any single outlay above 20 million, officials confirmed.

A senior correspondent close to the club described the deadline day outcome as a frustrating missed opportunity and warned it left Leeds "a bit light in the final third," adding that Farke had been left "going into a gunfight with a water...