Leeds United have done more right than wrong in the recruitment department since they returned to the Premier League under Daniel Farke last year.

The Whites knew that they had to improve their squad after gaining promotion to the Championship and they hit gold with several signings, including the likes of Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Noah Okafor, and Anton Stach.

Not every single decision made by Farke or the recruitment team has been faultless, though, and one of the bad decisions that they made was to bring Jack Harrison back into the fold last season.

He was given an opportunity in the first half of the 2025/26 campaign, only to be sent out on loan in January before being sold to New England Revolution earlier this summer.

How Jack Harrison's career at Leeds unfolded

The English winger started his career at Elland Road as a productive forward for Marcelo Bielsa in the Championship and the Premier League, impressing in his first few seasons with the club.

Harrison produced eight goals and eight assists in his only full season under the Argentine coach in the Premier League, offering consistent quality at the top end of the pitch.

Unfortunately, though, the left-footed attacker was unable to sustain his form after Bielsa's departure in 2022, as he has failed to score more than five goals in a league season since the 2021/22 campaign.

He only scored four goals in two seasons on loan at Everton in the top-flight after Leeds were relegated in 2023, before he returned for a second chance at Elland Road last year.

Harrison failed to score a goal or provide an assist in 11 appearances in the Premier League last term for Farke before being sent out on loan in January, and eventually sold in the summer.

Leeds may have their next Jack Harrison

The Englishman had a strong start to life at Elland Road before regressing and fading out of the picture, and one of the manager's current players is following in his footsteps.

In the summer of 2025, Leeds aimed to add some proven Premier League talent to their squad, bringing in Justin, Calvert-Lewin, and Sean Longstaff.

The Whites paid a fee of around £12m to sign Longstaff from fellow top-flight side Newcastle United, after he had played 214 matches for the Magpies in all competitions.

He had a strong start to his career at Elland Road in the first half of the 2025/26 campaign, starting ten of his 12 appearances in the Premier League.

Longstaff produced a goal, two assists, and five 'big chances' created in those matches, and looked like a bargain signing for £12m at that time, as he was impressing in the middle of the park.

However, he has not started a single game in the Premier League since those first 12 matches of last season, with his last start coming against Aston Villa in November.

The 28-year-old central midfielder has only started in the League Cup this season, playing against Nottingham Forest and Chelsea, and has been an unused substitute three times in the Premier League.

A return of ten minutes played across five matches in the league shows that he has fallen down the pecking order in Farke's mind, as the likes of Stach, Ethan Ampadu, and Ao Tanaka have all been preferred ahead of him in midfield.

Like Harrison, Longstaff looks like an expendable member of the team after looking indispensable earlier in his career at Elland Road, and Farke may have to make a decision on his future if the situation does not change ahead of the January window.

As it stands, Leeds have paid in excess of £4m in wages on top of a £12m transfer fee for Longstaff, and he has gone nine months without a league start for the club.

That £16m looks wasted at this moment in time, due to his struggles at Elland Road for the majority of his time at the club, and the figure is only rising each week that they keep him on his £80k-per-week wages.

Leeds are not getting enough value back from the midfielder, as he is not playing anywhere near enough in the Premier League, and they may have to do what they did with Harrison last January and loan him out next winter.