'A gamble' - is Leeds' strategy a risk?
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Leeds United's transfer business this summer could be a "gamble", says Kaiser Chiefs' bassist and Whites supporter Simon Rix.
Speaking on the BBC Radio Leeds' Don't Go To Bed Just Yet podcast, he said: "It's a little bit worrying they [the club] are fishing around in the European leagues, because we have done that before and it didn't really work.
"I think we are going to sign five or six people - and five of them need to work.
"If we're going to sign one left-back then we can't afford one left-back not to be good, unless we sign two left-backs. It is a gamble.
"Last summer, we talked about it feeling like we did good work and we were in good shape. We felt like January was a gamble and that paid off, but this transfer window is definitely going to be a lot of working out the amount of money that it would take – like with Habib Diarra [who moved to Sunderland instead] – where you go find someone else to gamble on."
BBC Radio Leeds' Jonny Buchan added: "You have to be strong with that, they have to know that is the amount that we are willing to pay for that player and if it goes above that, like with Diarra, then no.
"If that means he goes to one of our rivals, which Sunderland will be next season, and he goes there for 10 or 15m more than we wanted to pay, we just have to suck that one up because that is not what we [can afford].
"It is like when you go in for a house, you are only going to go in so much over the asking price. It might be that house ends up being worth loads more than that in years to come but you, at that time, could only go to what you think you needed to go to to get that player."
Listen to the full discussion on BBC Sounds
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Should Leeds pay whatever it takes to close deals or do they need to take a more prudent approach?
And do you agree that shopping in the European market is "a gamble"?
