{"id":6527,"date":"2025-06-03T16:46:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/leeds-united-in-pole-position-to-sign-the-striker-with-23-goals-this-season\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T16:46:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:46:36","slug":"leeds-united-in-pole-position-to-sign-the-striker-with-23-goals-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/leeds-united-in-pole-position-to-sign-the-striker-with-23-goals-this-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United in pole position to sign the striker with 23 goals this season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right 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new season that manager Daniel Fark thought would be busy this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>White, who won a promotion to the Premier League by winning the championship, is ready to improve his team&#8217;s standards to show his ambitions in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>The newly promoted will be interested in the new goalkeeper move with Newcastle United&#8217;s Nick Pope on the club&#8217;s radar this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City midfielder James McAtee is another Premier League player Whites is looking to add to his team ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n<p>This summer, the new striker is also joining the club&#8217;s agenda, as Fark aims to add more firepower to his attacks.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Leeds_United_are_involved_in_consultations_to_sign_the_striker\"><\/span>Leeds United are involved in consultations to sign the striker<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Leeds United reportedly began debate on signing German striker Davie Selke, who is scheduled to become a free agent at the end of June, according to Daily Express.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old forward played a pivotal role in Hamburg&#8217;s promotion to the Bundesliga after seven years of absence, with 23 goals and 23 goals in all competitions in the 2024-25 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds is one of several clubs that have expressed interest in Selke, including Fulham, West Ham United and RB Leipzig.<\/p>\n<p>Farke&#8217;s team reportedly contacted directly to explore the possibility of bringing the 6-foot-5-inch striker to Elland Road.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Daniel_Fark_has_to_make_some_big_decisions\"><\/span>Daniel Fark has to make some big decisions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daniel-farke-leeds-united-414x290.jpg.webp 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