Leeds United may soon have to bench Dominic Calvert-Lewin in favour of fellow forward Joel Piroe.
Alongside Sunderland and Burnley, Leeds have enjoyed a start to the season that suggests that, for the 2025/26 campaign, there will be more competition from the promoted teams. Across the past two years, any new arrivals from the Championship to the Premier League have failed to remain in the division.
Leeds have picked up eight points from their opening seven league games of the season, having lost 2-1 to Tottenham Hotspur in a hard-fought match in their last game before the October international break. Under Daniel Farke, the Whites have, to date, appeared a tough side to play against, barring their 5-0 thrashing away at Arsenal.
Some questions have been asked of a few Leeds players after their first games back in the English top flight and it might be that, after the international break, Farke needs to make what would be a drastic change.Having left Everton in the summer, Dominic Calvert-Lewin joined Leeds United in the latter stages of the window as a free agent, penning a contract that will earn him £125,000 per week. The Englishman has proven, over the years, that he is more than good enough to play in the Premier League, but has faced well-documented injury struggles across his career.
Calvert-Lewin has had a positive impact on Leeds since being drafted into the first-team, giving the Whites a physical outlet up front and allowing them to play long balls forward, knowing Calvert-Lewin will bring most of them down.
Joel Piroe, who finished last season as the Championship top scorer, is a very different profile to Calvert-Lewin. The Dutchman is not as physical as his counterpart, preferring to drop a bit deeper and have time on the ball rather than battle with opposing defenders.
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