Here are your Leeds United evening headlines on Sunday, January 15.
Wayne Rooney praises former Leeds United midfielder Mateusz Klich after D.C United move
D.C United boss Wayne Rooney has praised his newest signing Mateusz Klich's leadership qualities after the Polish international left Leeds United earlier this month.
The former Manchester United striker said that after a poor season in the MLS last year, they want to hit the ground running and Klich will help them do that.
"I spoke about it a lot, many times last season, is the mentality of the group. Of course, we were a very young group. So in terms of players I was wanting to bring in, they had to fit that, they had to fit the profile which I wanted.
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"And Mateusz, we spoke to many people about him who know him, who know how he's worked at Leeds and his character.
"And that's the one thing that shone through from everyone I spoke to and obviously speaking to the player himself, I could see that. He's a confident lad.
"I think a realistic target of course and what we all want is to make playoffs," Rooney said. "I think we want to compete in this league.
"I feel we've done some really good business to be able to do that. I think for us, our priority is to try and make playoffs. I think once you do that, we all know anything can happen from there."
Supercomputer boosts Leeds United's survival verdict despite Aston Villa defeat
This weekend's Premier League action at the bottom of the table has seen data analysts FiveThirtyEight boost Leeds United's survival hopes in their latest set of predictions, despite the Whites going down 2-1 at Aston Villa.
The Whites have struggled for form of late and sit two points above the relegation zone in 14th place.
However, despite failing to register a single win in their last five league games, and a further seven across all competitions, Leeds have in fact been tipped to finish a place higher than their current position, with FiveThirtyEight forecasting a 13th place finish, up a place from their last round of predictions prior to this weekend's slate of fixtures.
Leeds are forecasted to reach 41 points and have a probability rate of 16% of being relegated from the top-flight this season, according to FiveThirtyEight.
Leeds United chief Andrea Radrizzani sends Hoffenheim classy message after Georginio Rutter deal
Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani has issued a message to Hoffenheim thanking them for helping finalise Georginio Rutter's move to Elland Road.
Rutter has penned a five-and-a-half-year deal with the Whites for a fee in the region of an initial £30million, with add-ons expected to increase the deal to £35 million.
The Frenchman becomes Leeds' second signing of the January transfer window, after Max Wober arrived from Red Bull Salzburg earlier this month.
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