Leeds United’s 2024 summer transfer window did not go as many would’ve planned.
After losing to Southampton in the play-off final in May, Leeds were always going to a lose a couple of key players, though it has perhaps ended up more than it should’ve done.
In Archie Gray, Glen Kamara, Crysencio Summerville and Georginio Rutter, Leeds lost four members of the starting line-up at Wembley and replacing them certainly took its time.
It was reported during Leeds’ play-off campaign that they would have to raise £100 million in player sales upon failure to win promotion, and unfortunately, that appears to have been true.
Many would regard the window as underwhelming considering the money that has been spent to sign replacements for their key men, and so LeedsUnited.News have taken a look at the club’s total net spend.
Please note that only a selection of loan fees, in and out, are public knowledge, and that all fees are excluding add-ons.
Incomings:
Joe Rodon: £10 million
Alex Cairns: £147k
Joe Rothwell: Loan
Jayden Bogle: £5 million
Largie Ramazani: £6.5 million
Manor Solomon: Loan
Ao Tanaka: £3.4 million
Isaac Schmidt: £2.5 million
TOTAL: £27.547 million
Outgoings:
Luis Sinisterra (March): £20 million
Liam Cooper: Released
Luke Ayling: Released
Stuart Dallas: Released
Cody Drameh: Released
Ian Poveda: Released
Lewis Bate: Released
Jamie Shackleton: Released
Archie Gray: £40 million
Charlie Cresswell: £3.8 million
Marc Roca: £4.25 million
Diego Llorente: £2.5 million
Jack Harrison: Loan
Kristoffer Klaesson: Free
Sonny Perkins: Loan
Sam Greenwood: Loan
Rasmus Kristensen: Loan
Darko Gyabi: Loan
Glen Kamara: £8 million
Crysencio Summerville: £25 million
Georginio Rutter: £40 million
Total: £143.5 million
NET SPEND: -£115.953 MILLION
Considering all the noises surrounding Leeds’ financial issues heading into the summer, the 49ers have done a good job in getting it back into a healthy position.
However, it is hard not to feel a sense of underwhelm that Leeds did not find that marquee addition at the end of the window considering the money brought in.
Leeds were interested in the likes of Gustavo Hamer and Roland Sallai in the final week and given a £13 million bid was submitted for the former, clearly it was there to spend.
As such, Leeds don’t really have a like-for-like replacement for Georginio Rutter in their squad and only time will tell how costly that could prove to be.
One positive of this strategy is that Leeds’ P&S position should be much better now and that may well prove important in future windows, particularly if they win promotion.
However, what is clear now the window is shut is that Paraag Marathe’s comments about the financial situation in June were not entirely accurate. It is also difficult to see the value of this Red Bull deal.
It will be interesting to see whether a member of Leeds’ hierarchy addresses the situation like Angus Kinnear did a year ago.
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