The running joke at Leeds United this summer is that if you aren’t around 26 years old and tall, then the chances are the club aren’t interested.
And in reality, that is very much the plan, with all seven signings at Elland Road so far at least 5ft 11in and around their prime.
When the recruitment team at Leeds set out their strategy for the transfer window and their bid to stay up, physicality and set-pieces were keywords.
As one Leeds source told Mail Sport: ‘Physicality was something we lacked last season and something we identified as one of the major things we needed to improve if we want to compete in the Premier League.