Leeds United are currently sitting in mid-table mediocrity.
Leeds legend and club ambassador Eddie Gray sat down for an exclusive interview with the Yorkshire Evening Post, and urged the Whites to look at adding quality in the summer, rather than quantity.
The west Yorkshire outfit have endured a disappointing campaign in the Championship this season, after making a promising start, and they now sit in 14th spot in the table, having taken just eight points from their last 14 games.
Paul Heckingbottom was handed the reigns at Elland Road in, but he has failed to have the impact that was expected of him, guiding his side to just one win in eight league games.
Gray, who made 454 league appearances for Leeds, explained how his former club should be targeting both youth and quality in the summer, if they are to have any chance whatsoever of earning promotion back to the Premier League, as quoted by the Yorkshire Evening Post:
“There’s talent in this squad but there’s a difference between having the talent to look good at certain points in games and having the talent to actually win games. Talent’s about end product and that’s where I think this squad have been found wanting. Players need to come in but not just players of a similar calibre. There are too many here who aren’t going to make an impact here and now. The squad needs to be smaller and the average player needs to be better. The club went for quantity and without being disrespectful, there are too many who haven’t shown enough quality. They suggest there’s some major work needed.”
Leeds return to action on Good Friday with a home game against Bolton Wanderers, before heading to London to take on Fulham four days later.
The real work at Elland Road will begin in the summer, however, as Heckingbottom begins his task of building a squad capable of making a sustained push for the promotion spots.
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