Burnley signed Marcus Edwards from Sporting Lisbon near the end of the transfer window
Leeds United should have tried to sign forward Marcus Edwards in the winter transfer window, according to Whites old boy Ross McCormack.
The 26-year-old plundered 24 goals and provided 26 assists in 120 outings for Sporting. Reacting to the deal on social media, McCormack posted on his Instagram story: "Feel like Leeds have been caught asleep here. This boy is a serious player." "In January especially, the options are limited. The second is: sometimes a loan player is available. Which loan players strengthens a team top of the table, so you have to go for a loan player from a higher level. Not many leagues higher than Championship. If a player is available on loan, there is a reason. It means he doesn’t belong to the core group of the 17-18 players for this Premier League side, for example, and hasn’t played in recent weeks.
"Must be a big coincidence to find a player on loan who strengthens you. Perhaps a player from the top half of the Premier League, maybe. Then it’s about like, definitely just ones you can guarantee game time. And how in our position can we guarantee game time? I don’t drop Joe Rodon, Ethan Ampadu or Pascal Struijk in the centre-back position . I don’t drop Brenden Aaronson who is working miracles for us this season. In our position we can’t do this.
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