Because as the Championship leaders struggle to make progress on their late-window targets – Leeds saw a bid for Southampton’s Cameron Archer rejected days after Emi Buendia secured a loan move to Bayer Leverkusen – the pathway to one player reportedly with admirers at Elland Road was supposed to have become that little bit clearer.
Nordsjaelland’s Daniel Svensson is certainly not short of options. In addition to Leeds, the likes of Liverpool, Arsenal, RB Leipzig and even Manchester United themselves have been credited with an interest in the seven-time Sweden international.
The club who made the most progress regarding a potential January deal until the beginning of the weekend, however, was Benfica.
The Portuguese giants opened talks with Nordsjaelland over Daniel Svensson this week, the talented left-back understood to be available for around £7.5 million.
After Leeds’ chances of signing Newcastle’s Matt Targett were played down on Friday by St James’ boss Eddie Howe, it appeared that Farke and co had been catapulted all the way back to square one in their pursuit of a left-back.
Thanks to German giants Dortmund, any lingering hopes appear to have bene extinguished for good now.
The chances are that Leeds will have postponed any decision on a left-back until the summer anyway. Cameron Archer, a reliable goalscorer with Middlesbrough at Championship level in the past, appears to be the priority at the moment.
