Warnock looking to shuffle his pack - YEP 9/11/12
Phil Hay Leeds United were working to tie down a high-profile signing today with manager Neil Warnock ready to sacrifice all other loan targets if the club secure a deal. Warnock has moved for the unnamed player after asking Leeds to ensure that at least one new signing arrives at Elland Road before the Football League’s emergency loan deadline passes on November 22. The United manager, who has been told by chairman Ken Bates to beginning identifying targets for January with a takeover of the Championship club pending, warned that immediate additions were necessary to give his team a “fighting chance in the second half of the season” and prevent Leeds from “treading water” in the weeks between the end of the loan window and the turn of the year. United fell to 15th in the Championship after losing to Burnley on Tuesday night, a defeat which extended the club’s run without a league win to five matches. Warnock admitted after the game at Turf Moor that he had no expectation of signi...