Forget Szmodics: Leeds United need two much smarter additions if striker pursuit is true – See

Therefore, there is a risk of looking mainly at the scorer charts for lineup improvements.

Leeds are interested in signing Sammie Szmodics from Blackburn

TalkSPORT journalist Alex Crook said this week that Leeds have formalized their interest in Blackburn Rovers goalscorer Sammie Szmodics.

It comes amid rejected bids from Ipswich Town for the 28-year-old Golden Boot winner, with Rovers in a position where a sale is most likely.

Szmodics fired Blackburn to survive last season with a remarkable 27 league goals, following on from five the season before.

While Szmodics has undoubtedly proven that he is a good player, he has yet to prove that he is enough for Leeds in their current attack.

Instead, we look at two players Leeds would be better off signing to add to their frontline this season…

Jon Rowe – Norwich City

Assuming Crysencio Summerville (and potentially Willy Gnonto) head from Elland Road, replacing his goalscoring threat from the left is a massive priority.

One of the next best players in the Championship is someone Leeds fans will be somewhat familiar with in Norwich City’s Jon Rowe, one of last season’s top talents in the second tier.

At 21, Rowe is not quite at the same level as Summerville, but he possesses the same direct attacking quality of the Dutchman coming in from the left.

Not only that, but the Englishman also comes with solid strength off the ball, crucial to Farke’s pressing structure.

Farke will no doubt be familiar with Rowe’s talents in the Norwich youth system, having made his debut shortly after the German was sacked at Carrow Road.

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Fabio Carvalho – Liverpool

After spending the second half of last season on loan at Hull City, Fabio Carvalho is another to torment Leeds, scoring at Elland Road in the Whites’ 3-1 win amid an impressive Tigers attack.

He is on Liverpool’s fringes, virtually surplus to requirements and in need of a better permanent home than Anfield – something Leeds could and should provide in a loan-to-buy scenario.

Szmodics is a centre-forward who can play with a forward to good effect, and if that is the role Leeds buy him for, they would have a much more rounded striker in the young Portuguese, who has more in the dressing room than finishing chances. .

He might not score as many, but Leeds would look a more consistent side going forward while saving the eight-figure sum that Szmodics looks set to cost.