Reliable journalist details Leeds update on hunt for £40k-a-week+ centre-forward with 14 goals
Leeds United are not interested in a shock swoop to re-sign Ross McCormack from Aston Villa, according to a reliable journalist. Yorkshire-based journalist Joe Rawson detailed a major update on the hunt for the centre-forward on his
on Tuesday, saying that there is nothing in a Sun report that says
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It is understood that Leeds are still hoping to sign a striker before the end of the January transfer window, but the 31-year-old Scot is not on their radar.
and was sent out on loan to the Australian A-League earlier this summer after Steve Bruce overlooked him to play a role in his squad. The Scotland international has been in stunning form though, scoring 14 goals in 16 matches Down Under for Melbourne City.
Football Insider verdict
Leeds need a striker as soon as possible because the end of the transfer window is fast approaching and there does not seem like there's a lot of time for Thomas Christiansen and Victor Orta to start scouting unknown quantities. McCormack is very much the opposite of that description because everyone knows what he has in his locker, but also everyone knows about his disciplinary problems. He may be smashing it in the A-League with Melbourne, but there's no way he would replicate that back in England with Leeds or Villa. Elphick would have been a decent signing for the Whites though.
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