Leeds United transfer news: Lukas Nmecha has 'opportunities to leave' Elland Road in January

Leeds United striker Lukas Nmecha has reportedly attracted involvement from Bundesliga outfit FC Koln up of the January transportation window.

Daniel Farke's broadside picked up a respectable stock of the spoils connected location ungraded connected Sunday afternoon, erstwhile a second-half onslaught from Dominic Calvert-Lewin sealed a constituent at Elland Road against Manchester United.

Still looking for their archetypal triumph pursuing the extended September/October planetary break, Leeds are travelling to the Stadium of Light, wherever Sunderland volition beryllium the hosts adjacent Sunday evening.

After losing conscionable 1 of their opening 7 top-flight contests (W2 D4) of 2026-27, the Elland Road nine are sitting successful seventh spot successful the Premier League standings, 3 points disconnected the top-four spaces.

The lone subordinate to find the nett much than erstwhile successful the league truthful acold for Leeds this term, four-strike Calvert-Lewin is the undisputed first-choice attacker and precocious earned an England call-up.

Leeds antheral Nmecha wanted by Koln?

According to German work BILD via Sports Witness, a Leeds United attacker is attracting involvement from a high-profile Bundesliga nine up of the upcoming January transportation model successful 2027.

The study claims that FC Koln are considering a swoop for the services of Whites striker Nmecha, who has struggled to nail down a regular spot successful Farke's broadside implicit the past twelvemonth and a bit.

Due to a fig of injuries successful attacking areas, it is understood that the German outfit are looking to fortify their guardant ranks during the wintertime trading point, with the erstwhile Wolfsburg antheral of interest.

However, it is believed that a determination for the 27-year-old could beryllium 'financially difficult' for the Bundesliga side, depending connected the asking terms acceptable by Premier League Leeds up of the window.

Nmecha is presently playing 2nd fiddle to starring marksman Calvert-Lewin astatine Elland Road, failing to commencement a Premier League fixture truthful acold successful 2026-27, managing conscionable 91 top-flight minutes.

Leeds' Halloween push 

Leeds person collected 1 constituent crossed caller matches with Arsenal (1-2) and Manchester United (1-1), with Farke's broadside playing 3 much games earlier the last planetary interruption of the calendar year.

Struggling connected the home beforehand truthful far, Sunderland are the adjacent opponents of the Whites astatine the Stadium of Light connected Sunday afternoon, erstwhile the Black Cats volition beryllium looking to assistance themselves disconnected the bottommost of the table.

Another winnable fixture astatine Bournemouth follows connected October 31, earlier Leeds extremity a favourable-looking three-game agelong against caller relegation-battlers Tottenham Hotspur connected location soil.