Leeds unlikely to make big moves in January window

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Daniel Wales and Lee Sobot discuss the January transfer window for Leeds United.

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00:00Of course, we are in January now and they do have the chance to bring in some reinforcements

00:06should they have the funds to do so.

00:09You mentioned Mellier already once today.

00:12Is a new keeper needed, do you think, Lee?

00:14Well, they definitely need to do something with the goalkeeper situation, yeah, because

00:18Mellier's confidence cannot be high at all, can it?

00:21I mean, it must be very, very low at the moment after that, you know.

00:23What he would say is he did respond well to the error at Sunderland, you know what I mean?

00:27So he did bounce back well from that and I wouldn't put it past him to do that again

00:30and to bounce back well, I wouldn't put it past Daniel Farker to keep the faith of him

00:34and keep him in.

00:35But obviously, the thing is, it's coming at a time when they've got an FA Cup game around

00:38the corner where basically, almost certainly, it would have come out of the team anyway.

00:42So what this does do now is it offers, obviously, an absolutely huge chance to Kyle Darlow,

00:45who is obviously a very, very experienced keeper, obviously playing for Wales, obviously

00:48knows, you know, obviously Leeds have got Wales players in the team, Roden, Dan James,

00:54et cetera, Ampadu.

00:56So, you know, like, it just all sort of like, it all works and all fits, really.

01:00And it's just a perfect chance, really, for Darlow to come in.

01:04And if he comes in and does very, very well against Harrogate Town, then, you know, like,

01:07will he stay in the team then for the league games?

01:10Possibly.

01:11I still think that Daniel Farker has always, you know, he's always defended Mellier to

01:15the hilt.

01:16You know, it's not like he's, I mean, obviously, even he can't hide the fact that, can't hide

01:21those errors at Hull City, particularly the second game, no one can get away from them.

01:24So, I mean, do they need a new keeper?

01:28Probably yes, is probably the answer, I feel, but I mean, are they going to go and get one

01:31in January?

01:32I mean, maybe, but probably not.

01:34It's a small window to operate in.

01:35I don't feel like they were going into the window sort of, you know, before this game

01:39anyway, like looking at it as a priority.

01:43That can always change.

01:44You don't know.

01:45But as I say, it's a very small window, short window to operate in.

01:47I suspect on the goalkeeper front, if something happens, it might be more on the summer.

01:51Obviously, there's always speculation about Mellier, you know, being touted at bigger

01:54clubs and stuff.

01:55But, I mean, you know, he's not going to get anywhere higher playing like that at the moment.

01:59So, I mean, you know, you can sort of forget that for the moment.

02:01I think he's also got, you know, 20-26 contracts at Leeds.

02:04So, yeah, goalkeeper's all of a sudden not something that everyone's going to talk about

02:08now in this window.

02:09Of course it is.

02:10But, I mean, and I probably think it would be a good idea, but I mean, are they going

02:13to do it?

02:14I just, you know, it's difficult to say.

02:15The other one, obviously, you know, if the goalkeeper errors can get sort of like nullified

02:20and stuff, then the other one is number 10, you know, I mean, we've said it every week

02:23on these shows.

02:24I just think there's too much dependency on, too much reliance on Brendan Aronson, who

02:28has started to do pretty well and started to chip in with goals and assists now, but

02:33it just feels like he's almost, he's not the only option because, you know, of all the

02:37players in the front line, most of them can play as a number 10, but Aronson's the one

02:40that Farke keeps turning to.

02:41And I just think, like, somebody who can really make something happen might be a good idea

02:45and could be the difference between, you know, ultimately, if it gets very, very close between

02:49top two or not.

02:50So that's the one, obviously, people look at Stryker as well, especially Patrick Bamford,

02:54obviously missing out, you know, in the game against Hull with the hamstring.

02:57We'll see how bad that is.

02:58I don't think it's too serious.

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