By admin The Whites were busy in January as a Premier League team, aiming to bring in recruits that would help Jesse Marsch’s season.
Marsch only remained a few days after the transfer window closed, therefore the signings he made were ultimately worthless, since Leeds were relegated and two additional managers took over before the season concluded.
A former favourite of Daniel Farke’s was on the radar at Elland Road during that January window, it has now been revealed.
Rangers attacking midfielder Todd Cantwell has shared that before he moved north of the border to the Glasgow outfit, he had agreed personal terms to join the Whites.
Cantwell spent the second half of the 21/22 season on loan at Bournemouth, with his Norwich future seemingly up in the air as Farke left, leaving it a matter of time before a transfer materialised.
Speaking on The Beautiful Game Podcast, he said:
“It was close and it was concrete but that’s something I won’t go into the details of. There’s a lot of people that still work within these clubs and you never know when your paths are going to cross.
“For whatever reason they didn’t come to an agreement. It wasn’t to do with me, it was to do with the clubs. The conversations were real and the interest was definitely real though.”
The timescale of Cantwell agreeing Leeds terms isn’t shared, but it would seem that Victor Orta had renewed interest in the attacker, having been linked with Leeds in previous windows too.