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da dobrowin： Transfer season is well and truly underway as the first murmurings of January rumours are emerging across the board.
Of course, Leeds United aren’t exempt from the rumours and the gossip that surrounds the leadup to the January transfer window, and there’s one move that seems to be picking up some traction.
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Indeed, recent reports have linked Daniel Ayala with a move to Elland Road, and now David Prutton has chimed in to have his say on the potential transfer.
What’s been said then?
The former Whites midfielder spoke to Football League World about the Yorkshire outfit’s potential move for Ayala.
“Ben White has done tremendously well, Liam Cooper has had his injury concerns, but I think Coops has been a great servant to Leeds.
“This isn’t me trying to get anyone out of the side, but I think competition from a player such as that (Ayala) would be extremely healthy.”
“Given how he understands the top end of the division and how to get out of it, I think that would be something that the management (at Leeds) would look at.
“It doesn’t strike me as something that would be beyond the realms of possibility.”
Exactly right
Prutton is spot on with this summary.
The Spaniard is the calibre of player that Leeds should be looking at, and if they’re looking to get promoted based on the strength of their backline then Ayala may be the perfect addition.
Yes, Middlesbrough aren’t doing too well these days, but under Aitor Karanka they were promoted while conceding just 31 goals, and Ayala played over 3000 minutes for Boro that season.
Not only that but he’d provide some more depth in a position that Leeds could struggle in.
Prutton alluded to the fact that Cooper has had his injury concerns, but when his replacement is the most red-carded player in the club’s history that is another recipe for disaster, especially when there are only three senior centre-backs in the squad.