Should Leeds consider summer bid for Jon Walters after his comments?

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Leeds United need to add some depth and experience to their attacking options this summer.

Leeds’ summer shopping list probably needs to be a long one. After a campaign which saw the Whites briefly threaten to improve on what they achieved one year ago before experiencing a dramatic slide down the table, Andrea Radrizzani, Victor Orta and Paul Heckingbottom can be under no illusions regarding how much work they need to do during this window.

One of the main priorities has to be improving Leeds’ options up front. Pierre-Michel Lasogga and Kemar Roofe both hit double figures in the Championship, but no striker stepped into the void that Chris Wood left, and none of Caleb Ekuban, Jay-Roy Grot and Tyler Roberts beat Wood’s own league tally for the Whites this past season – and he left in August. In fairness to Roberts, he is still awaiting the chance to make his Leeds debut.

A lethal goalscorer needs to be on the radar, but Heckingbottom should also be alerted by comments that Jonathan Walters made to Sky Sports earlier this week when he suggested that he is available to leave Burnley this summer.

Walters – who earns £30,000-a-week at Turf Moor, according to Spotrac – is not a prolific striker by any means, having only reached double figures for league goals once in his career, but he could be an extremely useful option to consider because of the attributes that he will bring if Leeds decided to make a move and won the race.

When fit, he is a combative, terrier-like player that would improve most teams in the second tier, and his experience would definitely help a Leeds side that seemed to struggle to find leaders when the chips were down last season.

If his apparent availability means that Sean Dyche is prepared to sanction a low-money move away, Leeds should definitely consider a bid for the forward as he ticks some of the boxes that their current options fail to.

And while he must not be the sole striker that Leeds sign during this window, he could certainly bring something to the side that will make the Whites much more difficult to beat and significantly more horrible to come up against.