January did not stop being January for Leeds United because they were 15th in the Premier League and ravaged by their worst injury crisis in years.
For Victor Orta and the Elland Road hierarchy, it remains a 31-day window in which to identify a footballer Marcelo Bielsa considers better than what he already has, fit enough to hit the ground the running and at something close to the price that same player would fetch five months later.
Ultimately, Brenden Aaronson proved to be the only player who ticked enough boxes for Leeds and, unfortunately, his current employer still needed him to do a job.
