Leeds United underwent an unlimited summer time overhaul, the place Victor Orta and Jesse Marsch welcomed seven new faces to Elland Highway.
Of paramount significance was discovering somebody to fill the gaping gap left in midfield, as Kalvin Phillips departed for Manchester City.
Opting to share his workload, Marc Roca and Tyler Adams have been each introduced in to pair each other within the engine room.
Ought to Leeds signal Jose Cifuentes?
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Regardless of this, rumours have continued to persist touting the Whites with extra central midfielders for the approaching January window.
The most recent hyperlinks them with a transfer for LAFC maestro Jose Cifuentes, with this explicit addition positive to carry bundles of creativity to the Yorkshire membership.
Earlier this week, Machdeportes FM took to Twitter to say:
“Leeds United of the Premier League are curious about signing Jose Cifuentes, present midfielder of #LAFC”.
The 5 foot 9 machine has excelled for each membership and nation, regardless of struggling as Ecuador narrowly missed out on surviving their group within the World Cup.
It’s within the MLS the place he has really shone this season nonetheless, with the 23-year-old scoring seven occasions and aiding an extra six in simply 33 appearances.
As such, soccer journalist and south American specialist Tim Vickery would inform talkSPORT (by way of Football Scotland):
“I believe he’s a terrific midfielder. He’s robust, he’s acquired high quality, he’s acquired a very good engine – he’s probably the greatest all-round midfielders, probably, that I’ve seen come out of South America shortly.”
He continued: “However this fellow Cifuentes strikes the ball nicely, strikes throughout the sector, robust within the sort out, robust on the ball, I like him loads.”
Including such offensive aptitude to a place boasting Adams and Roca, who’ve recorded 4.0 and 2.2 tackles respectively within the league, might full their midfield.
Nevertheless, he’s not one to shirk his defensive tasks both, as he too has recorded 1.8 tackles per recreation alongside his 1.3 key passes, as per Sofascore.
The suggestion is that he is usually a eager attacking presence while providing added steadiness, and Marsch might actually flex his American connection to make sure this deal reaches completion.