Marcelo Bielsa is likely to scour the transfer market for a centre-back this summer, with Leeds United only having two defenders who regularly featured last season – Pontus Janssen and Liam Cooper.
Gaetano Berardi spent the majority of 2018/19 sidelined with injury and Aapo Halme was on the fringes of the first-team while Conor Shaughnessy and Paudie O’Connor were on loan at Heart of Midlothian and Blackpool/Bradford City respectively.
At least one central defender could be coming in the opposite direction this summer, and Leeds may have the opportunity to sign a Premier League powerhouse to boost their promotion hopes next season.