Leeds want boss Farke to stay 'long-term'

Leeds United secured England international goalkeeper James Trafford from Manchester City for a fee that could rise to £45 million this summer, adding defenders Tarik Muharemovic and Nico Elvedi along with Fulham winger Harry Wilson. The club also completed the signings of Nice’s Melvin Bard and Eintracht Frankfurt’s Jean‑Matteo Bahoya on the final day of the transfer window. Speaking about the activity, Evans said, “I deliberation past twelvemonth the operation was we had a bully model and a atrocious deadline. I would accidental this summertime was a bully model and a bully deadline.” He elaborated on the club’s priorities, stating, “The cardinal for america was we had a mates of apical objectives to execute and those each got done aboriginal successful presumption of a left‑footed centre‑half, close winger and goalkeeper. Having signed our apical targets successful each 3 of those positions we were capable to spell and prosecute roles astur the transportation that gets amended and stronger and person clip to bash so.” Evans concluded, “So we're rather satisfied with the window.” In outgoing business, Netherlands international Pascal Struijk moved to Brighton in a deal reported at £20 million on 30 June. The end of June marked the deadline for clubs to meet the previous profitability and sustainability regulations (PSR) to avoid sanctions and possible point deductions; the league is now adopting a squad‑cost ratio (SCR) system moving forward. Reflecting on the compliance burden, Evans remarked, “I was beauteous assured coming into the twelvemonth we'd person to merchantability immoderate guys in June. Frankly it was the FA Cup tally and the minimal enactment successful January that kept it being conscionable 1 player,” helium said. He added, “Pascal's entreaty to different teams was wide earlier the twelvemonth was implicit and past helium was debating going oregon not and helium was adjuvant successful deciding beauteous rapidly truthful we could determine to merchantability him earlier 30 June.” Finally, Evans noted, “We were prepared for that anticipation each play and truthful we did tonnes of enactment connected a near centre-half past year. Having that quality aboriginal was helpful, but we had, similar always, assorted contingencies for Pascal.”