Jesse Marsch has claimed Leeds United had to move someone on in order to bring in a new striker on deadline day. The Whites agreed to send Daniel James on a season-long-loan move to Fulham, despite the Welshman having been involved in all of the last four matches.
Leeds endured an extremely chaotic deadline day in their pursuit of a striker, first being frustrated by PSV for Cody Gakpo, before Bamba Dieng opted against a move to Elland Road even though a fee had been agreed with Marseille. Wilfried Gnonto was instead the man Leeds brought in, with his arrival confirmed around 25 minutes after James’ departure to Fulham.
Despite Leeds already having sold both Raphinha and Kalvin Phillips earlier in the window for just shy of £100 million, Marsch insisted that someone had to leave in order to press ahead with their search for a new striker.
