Leeds United sign Modou Barrow on loan from Swansea City on deadline day.
Leeds United completed their January transfer business with a deadline day swoop for Swansea City winger Modou Barrow.
The Whites had endured a quiet month before landing Spanish winger Alfonso Pedraza on loan from Villarreal on deadline day, but one wide man wasn’t enough for manager Garry Monk.
Swansea City’s Modou Barrow in action with Watford’s Miguel Britos and Jose Holebas
With just hours of the transfer window left, Leeds swooped to land winger Modou Barrow on loan from Swansea City, reuniting him with his former Swansea boss Monk.
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The Gambian winger, 24, joined Swansea from Swedish side Ostersunds in the summer of 2014, but he was seen as one for the future, and was loaned out to Nottingham Forest and Blackburn Rovers in 2015.
Swansea’s Modou Barrow in action with Aston Villa’s Aly Cissokho
This term, the speedy winger has notched two assists in 18 Premier League appearances for Swansea, but he’s been allowed to leave the club after the Swans landed Luciano Narsingh and Jordan Ayew.
Barrow now joins a Leeds side pushing for promotion back to the Premier League, and he’ll be competing for a starting spot alongside the likes of Stuart Dallas, Kemar Roofe, Hadi Sacko and fellow new boy Pedraza.
After completing the deal, Leeds fans took to Twitter to offer their views, with many of them excited about the arrival of a player with such blistering pace, comparing him to former Leeds wing ace Max Gradel.
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Others felt that Leeds were scraping the barrel in the dying embers of the transfer window, bringing in a winger rather than a striker, with some suggesting that he was an unnecessary given how many wide players Monk already has.
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