matthew moriarty

Jadon Sancho (26) is still a free agent. Training at a 10th-tier team’s ground. No team is rushing to sign him. Football is unforgiving.

Leeds United 1-0 Sunderland Nmecha 50' ⚽️ Tanaka 50' 🅰️ +7 DEFCONs Muharemovic 86' – 15 DEFCONs✅ Ballard 45' – 4 DEFCONs Mukiele 65' – 5 DEFCONs Sunderland's goalkeeper was basically a third CB in build-up. They took so long to progress the ball that Enzo Le Fee kept dropping deep to help. In one of those moments, Tanaka won it back with brilliant pressure, and Nmecha punished the mistake. Leeds were actually quite passive when Sunderland circulated the ball across the first line. It worked perfectly because Sunderland had no idea how to progress, eventually resorting to long balls. A really smart approach from Farke. Tanaka was outstanding. Not only did he turn defensive actions into possession regains, but his pressing also directly created dangerous situations. Brobbey linked play reasonably well, but his finishing was so poor I almost thought he was making a clearance. Subbed off before half-time. Bogle found some nice positions, but his decision-making let him down. Hume was frustrating on the ball. The timing of his passes was off almost every time in the first half. Keep a close eye on Tutierov. He could easily steal minutes from Sunderland's attacking options. Strong DEFCON numbers across the Leeds midfield. Longstaff is probably the most exciting one, although it's a shame they're all likely to compete for minutes. Muharemovic was absolutely ridiculous. 15 DEFCONs is the highest total I've seen this pre-season. Beyond that, he was extremely comfortable on the ball under pressure and, given how much of it he saw, should be in line for bonus points. I've been critical of him, but this was a top-class performance. More generally, all of Leeds' defenders look to have excellent DEFCON potential because of the way Farke's system forces opponents into playing long.

Sign Hall, Tchouameni, and a top end striker like Kane/Osimhen/Guirassy/Watkins Add a CB if you think De Ligt injury could be long term.

Pape Matar Sarr (£5.0m MID) 🇸🇳 The ultimate budget enabler? ✅ Nailed starter potential ✅ Attacking improvements last season ✅ Spurs midfielders have been underpriced At £5.0m, he doesn't need many returns to smash value. Could be this year's cheap midfielder everyone wants