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This article is part of Football FanCast’s The Chalkboard series, which provides a tactical insight into teams, players, managers, potential signings and more…
Leeds’ transfer window hasn’t been entirely orthodox and that’s putting things lightly.
Through the door has gone Pontus Jansson but defensively they’ve only added Brighton’s Ben White on loan.
Their strategy has been rather questionable with no permanent head arriving for the 2019/20 campaign.
Of course, Helder Costa’s move will turn into that next summer but there hasn’t been a great deal to shout about.
There could yet be another departure before the window closes though.
On the chalkboard
Earlier last week, The Yorkshire Evening Post claimed that Championship rivals Barnsley were interested in the 21-year-old Tom Pearce.
A left-back, Pearce has made seven first-team appearances for the Whites in the Championship, whilst winning caps at youth level for England too.
The youngster is incredibly promising, enjoying five years with the club and spending a period on loan with Scunthorpe in 2018/19 as well.
Yet, at the age he’s now at, ideally you’d be expecting him to challenge for a spot in Marcelo Bielsa’s ranks.
That doesn’t look entirely likely, though, especially if you consider the options already ahead of him in the pecking order.
On the left-hand side of defence, Barry Douglas, Ezgjan Alioski and Stuart Dallas are all options but it’s perhaps the young Leif Davis who makes Pearce leaving significantly less of a concern.
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The fact is that opportunities to creep into Bielsa’s plans look incredibly slim, even if Pearce did play twice in the Championship last season.
That suggests Bielsa does see something in him but it would hardly be disastrous if Barnsley were able to capture him.
At just 19 years of age, Davis played four times in the league last year and despite being two years younger, looks as though he’s already ahead of Pearce.
With that in mind, it would certainly make sense if Leeds were to cash in on the latter.
The fee is unlikely to be too high given his reputation but a move away from Leeds would probably a good deal for all parties involved.
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