Leeds United may just have found their ideal Liam Cooper replacement

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Liam Cooper has today been linked with a January exit from Leeds United.

Fellow Championship side Blackburn Rovers are said to have launched an enquiry for the Leeds captain, and he could be available this month if a replacement is found at Elland Road.

With Cooper’s contract expiring at the end of the season, a loan move this month would all but bring his time at Leeds to an end, much in the same way Luke Ayling’s exit did. Neither are expected to be offered new deals.

As mentioned, the only way in which a departure would be sanctioned for Cooper is if someone comes in, and a new name to add to the list of targets today is Nottingham Forest’s Joe Worrall.

According to Alan Nixon, Leeds are interested in signing Worrall but will face competition from Sheffield United, with Forest set to command £6 million for the 27-year-old.

Worrall would be ideal Cooper replacement

Neither Leeds or Sheffield United are prepared to meet that asking price, but may be able to sign him on loan right ‘at the death’.

If Cooper is to move on, it would leave a serious leadership hole in the dressing room at Leeds. He has been the perfect captain for the club both on and off the pitch for several years now.

However, Leeds may have already found the perfect replacement for Cooper in Worrall, who has been club captain of Nottingham Forest for the last 18 months.

Worrall was seen as captain material by his former Rangers manager Steven Gerrard as early as March 2019, when he was just 22-years-old and only on loan.

With all that said, Cooper is reportedly willing to stay and fight for his place at Leeds for the rest of the season and so there are clearly a lot of things that need to happen for this signing to go through.