Leeds United are set to look for a new No.10 during the January transfer window in order to provide competition for Brenden Aaronson, who plays behind the striker.
Aaronson has started 24 Championship games in a row, and while he has shown flashes of brilliance, assisting on nine goals, there have been times in which the United States star has gone missing for Leeds.
Leeds failed to sign a number ten in the summer, despite interest from Gustavo Hamer, James McAtee, and Emi Buendia. According to chief executive Angus Kinnear, Aston Villa player Buendia rejected The Whites.
But that hasn’t stopped Leeds from looking for a new playmaker, and Real Salt Lake’s Diego Luna is one of the most recent no.10s to be linked, having won the MLS Young Player of the Season title.
Mauricio Pochettino makes a Diego Luna choice amid Leeds ties.
The USMNT will not be in play until March, when the next international break takes place. However, manager Mauricio Pochettino plans to hold a training camp in Fort Lauderdale later this month, as well as two friendly.
Brenden Aaronson will not be on the roster, but MLS players are available since the 2025 season does not begin until February. For example, Ian Poveda represented Colombia in comparable games last season.
According to the Real Salt Lake website, Pochettino has added Leeds target Luna to his squad following a successful 2024 MLS season. He will play with the greatest MLS players from the United States against Venezuela and Costa Rica.
Leeds has been told how much they will have to spend to sign Diego Luna.
Luna appeared in 31 MLS games last season and scored 16 goals for his team, earning him the title of the league’s best young player. That, of course, has piqued the curiosity of other clubs throughout Europe.
Leeds is one of them, and reports in December indicated that interested parties would have to spend £6.6 million to sign Luna. Leeds can easily afford the amount, and the player has the ability to overtake Aaronson.
Perhaps not immediately, but in the future. Luna has the potential to be a bargain for whichever club he joins, and Leeds could do a lot worse than take a chance on bringing the playmaker to Yorkshire.
