Leeds United to sign a ‘big surprise from Asia’ as Championship giants send scouts to search region

LEEDS UNITED have sent scouts to Asia in order to secure a ‘big surprise’ signing.

The Yorkshire club introduced 14 new faces to the squad this summer, but there are still transfers in the pipeline at Elland Road.

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The Championship club’s director of football Victor Orta promised the new arrival during a Facebook Q&A with fans.

When questioned if Leeds were monitoring any players around Australia, Orta said: “Obviously we are watching players around the world. Australia have really good talent, so why not?

“And we are near to signing a big surprise from Asia.

“It’s true, we make a prioritisation for France, Italy, Spain and the UK market – which for me is the priority.

“But we have sent a special group of scouts that watch the countries with lower leagues perhaps like Pawel Cibicki of Malmo in the Sweden league.

“We are watching a lot of players in places like Australia and these are the secondary leagues where you can find a good talent.

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“We make a good balance of the two with the UK market our priority with our knowledge and capacity to watch players.”

New boss Thomas Christiansen not only recently introduced an abundance of new talent, but also managed to secure Hadi Sacko and Pontus Jansson on a permenant basis.

However, new singing Caleb Ekuban has been ruled out until November after undergoing an operation on a broken bone in his foot.

Leeds have kicked off their Championship campaign in sublime style, picking up 11 points from the first five outings.

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