Leeds United are sitting on 30 points, with seven games of their season left, so should feel relatively confident in their ability to secure their Premier League status for another season. Of course, they still need to deliver some more points to be sure but they will be planning recruitment for this summer with the idea that they will be competing in the top tier once again in 22/23.
Victor Orta is well known for liking to identify top talent before they come into their prime years and one can expect that he will attempt to find another gem this summer. In fact, one of the players he made an approach for in the summer of 20/21 was Josko Gvardiol. The Croatian ended up choosing to move to RB Leipzig instead but Orta has been vindicated in his pursuit of the young centre back as he has been included in this list by CIES Football Observatory, where he is ranked as the fifth best player in Europe under the age of 21 and is the highest ranked defender.
On the list, there are several other players Leeds have been linked with before. Here are four players that Orta should try to sign for next season as the Spaniard bids to give Jesse Marsch an improved squad to go into his first full Premier League season as manager of Leeds:
