{"id":627422,"date":"2023-08-28T10:06:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T14:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=627422"},"modified":"2023-08-28T10:06:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T14:06:43","slug":"leeds-united-luke-thomas-leicester-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/28\/leeds-united-luke-thomas-leicester-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United &#8216;Showing Interest&#8217; in &#8216;Outstanding&#8217; Player to Damage Major Rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leeds United are considering a move for Leicester City left-back Luke Thomas following an injury to Whites defender Sam Byram. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/live-blogs\/transfer-news-live-latest-updates\/lrYbs57bqHtr\/iiKDZIFrs4vi\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phil Hay at The Athletic<\/a>, the Elland Road side has made two separate inquiries for the full-back, with the Foxes seemingly unwilling to make the move as they are major promotion rivals. Thomas has previously been described as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leicestermercury.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/probably-lucky--rodgers-jokes-4663240.amp\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;outstanding&#8221;<\/a> by Brendan Rodgers.<\/p>\n<h2>Leeds United Interest in Luke Thomas as Leicester City Resist<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Luke Thomas is the PERFECT Leeds United Left-Back\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tseoNzi9XOE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Why are Leeds United Considering Luke Thomas?<\/h3>\n<p>There are two major reasons the Whites are considering a move for the youngster, the first being a relative lack of depth in the position. Junior Firpo is the only out-and-out left-back at the club, and playing the likes of Cody Drameh there has been massively unsuccessful. A dedicated player in that position would make a significant difference to the club&#8217;s hopes of success. That combines with the second reason, being a major injury crisis in the position, forcing immediate recruitment.<\/p>\n<h3>Leicester City&#8217;s Hesitation<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s understandable that Leicester aren&#8217;t too certain on the move. Whilst they haven&#8217;t found any real use for the youngster yet this season, there is still a lot of time to go in the season, and Leeds United are one of their main rivals for an automatic promotion spot. With Daniel Farke&#8217;s largest weakness in the squad being at left-back, the Midlands club agreeing to help him fill it would be an odd move, to say the least.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/24\/leeds-united-nadiem-amiri-bayer-leverkusen\/\" target=\"_self\">Leeds United Close in on New Signing<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for Cody Drameh<\/h3>\n<p>As Luke Thomas looks likely to come in, this could spell the end of Cody Drameh&#8217;s spell at Elland Road. The young wing-back hasn&#8217;t been able to have an impact under any of his previous managers at the club, and stumbling to a poor performance against Ipswich only seemed to seal his fate. With only twelve months left on his contract, it looks like time for Drameh to move on.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main image credit courtesy of author Joe Blackburn and licensed to Last Word on Football<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leeds United are considering a move for Leicester City left-back Luke Thomas following an injury to Whites defender Sam Byram. According to Phil Hay at The Athletic, the Elland Road side has made two separate inquiries for the full-back, with the Foxes seemingly unwilling to make the move as they are major promotion rivals. 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