Insignificant as it may seem with Jesse Marsch hanging onto his job by his fingernails and Leeds United bearing down on three final chances for momentum before the World Cup, the January transfer window cannot be ignored. Whether it’s alongside Marsch or not, Victor Orta has work to do.
United’s head coach going into January is integral to the business Orta does, but whether Marsch recovers from his precarious current position or he is replaced, the director of football knows this squad needs strengthening. A positive start has given way to an eight-match winless run which has put the Whites in the bottom three and at real peril of relegation if nothing changes.
Marsch will look to bring about that change to the best of his ability on the training ground, but Leeds cannot afford to be inactive in the next transfer window on this evidence. At the start of this year, Leeds were on a run of two wins in 11 matches with a squad so savaged by injury and Covid they named Kris Moore, Liam McCarron, Jack Jenkins, Nohan Kenneh and Archie Gray among their substitutes in the Premier League.
