“But we have players in our squad who interpret the role slightly differently and we will find the solutions.”

As Leeds close in on the signing of Switzerland international winger Noah Okafor from AC Milan, pending his medical, it seems supporters are still wondering when or if another pure centre forward will arrive at Elland Road.

Leeds chairman Paraag Marathe has been credited for his transfer shift that has seen almost £100m worth of players arrive at Elland Road.

The narrow front three behind Joel Piroe or Mateo Joseph allowed Leeds to attack multiple vertical channels, with the full-backs, Jayden Bogle and Junior Firpo, who has since left, supporting them, as seen in the below example from October’s 2-0 victory against Sheffield United.

Daniel Farke would love to one day be the Leeds United manager who spent a billion pounds on transfers, even if he jokes he might be well into his 60s by then. That Mikel Arteta has done so shows the scale of the task facing his team on Saturday.