Leeds are targeting a midfielder before the January 31 deadline as Marcelo Bielsa looks to surge up the Premier League table in the second half of the campaign.
The Sun’s Alan Nixon claimed earlier this month that Whites chiefs had ‘set aside’ £15million to bolster their engine room.
First-choice enforcer Kalvin Phillips has been ruled out since December and is not expected to return until next month, but Leeds fans are also craving some creative flair in the middle of the park.