Leeds United are weighing up a January move for Coventry City striker Haji Wright as Daniel Farke looks to add goals in the fight to stay in the Premier League, with the plan viewed as a direct attempt to unsettle Frank Lampard’s leaders.
Leeds have managed 9 goals in 9 Premier League games and sit in the bottom half, and while the numbers behind the attack are not disastrous, there is a clear feeling inside Elland Road that more threat is needed.
Coventry, under Frank Lampard, are chasing promotion at the top of the Championship and are relying heavily on Haji Wright, who has 8 goals in 11 league appearances this season and 36 league goals in 84 total appearances for the Sky Blues.
Leeds are also tracking Josh Sargent at Norwich City as a secondary option.
🤔 Thoughts? Leeds United are reportedly keeping a close eye on Coventry City marksman Haji Wright who has scored 40 goals in 90 appearances in all competitions. This season, the USA international has struck on nine occasions across 13 outings. #lufc #Coventry #leedsunited pic.twitter.com/8VOrZG9YrK
— All Leeds Away (@allleedsaway) October 29, 2025
Leeds Want Finishing Power – And Know Where To Buy It
Leeds’ issue is simple. The team is creating, but not killing games. Farke’s side rank eighth in the league for big chances created and sit 11th for expected goals at 11.5, which suggests the build-up is there but the final touch is not. Haji Wright is being profiled as the player who can close that gap.
Wright, 27, is seen as a forward who can run in behind, attack crosses, and finish early without needing three or four touches in the box. That profile suits the way Leeds are currently playing, where the wide players are supplying balls across the area but the conversion rate is not high enough
Norwich City forward Josh Sargent, 25, is also under consideration. Sargent started this season fast with 5 goals in his first 4 matches, and his relationship with Farke goes back to their time together at Carrow Road. Norwich, though, are under pressure near the bottom of the Championship, and that complicates any mid-season exit.
Coventry Will Fight, Because Wright Is Central To Lampard’s Promotion Bid
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— U.S. Soccer Men’s National Team (@USMNT) June 16, 2025
This is not a quiet link. For Coventry City it lands right in the middle of a promotion campaign. Lampard’s side can move 6 points clear at the top of the Championship if they beat Wrexham on Friday night, and Wright has been at the heart of that push both as a finisher and as a reference point in attack.
That is why Coventry are expected to resist anything that looks like an opportunistic January bid. Wright is under contract, he is scoring, and he is decisive in late moments. The Sky Blues signed him for a major fee, and any conversation now would start high. Leeds know it would not be cheap.
Internally, figures around £20m have been used as an example of the type of money needed to get that level of forward out of the Championship in mid-season, and that immediately turns this from “nice option” into “major outlay”.
