Leeds United made offer to sign PL left-back in the summer, now his club want him to sign a new deal

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Leeds United may have to dip into the January transfer window for a new left-back.

The Whites opted against bringing one in during the summer as they placed trust in Sam Byram following his arrival on a free transfer, a move which certainly worked in the early months of the season.

However, Byram has started to become more and more affected by injury problems which has seen him either miss or limp off in six of the last seven matches. Junior Firpo has also struggled massively with his fitness.

One left-back who was frequently linked with a move to Elland Road in the summer was Burnley’s Charlie Taylor, given his bit-part role in their promotion season last year.

Due to their failure to re-sign former loanee Ian Maatsen, Taylor has played significantly more this term and according to the Daily Mail, Leeds even saw a bid rejected for their former academy graduate.

Burnley want Taylor to sign new deal amid Leeds interest

With Taylor now very much in the first team fold at Turf Moor, it is now said that Burnley are keen to offer him a new deal, with his current one set to expire at the end of the season.

Taylor has played every minute in 16 of Burnley’s last 17 Premier League matches. The only game he missed was a 2-0 defeat to Everton, as he served a one-match ban.

With that in mind, it now feels almost certain that Leeds will have to look elsewhere again this month. Their not for sale stance is only likely to have hardened since the summer.

Hopefully Leeds have other irons in the fire given they are actually weaker at full-back now, than they were at the beginning of the window, with Djed Spence having returned to Tottenham.

Four of Spence’s five starts for Leeds came at left-back, and without that extra cover, who knows how they would’ve got by throughout December without him.