Despite being a seasoned campaigner in both the Premier League and Championship, Bamford’s career is at a pivotal crossroads given his lack of scoring touch for the Whites across the calendar year of 2023.
Although as a whole, Leeds’ attacking department is littered with an array of options that a vast majority of fellow second tier sides would be envious of, the same can’t really be said for the 30-year-old, who has failed to find the net in his last seventeen league outings in a white shirt.
Ultimately, it now feels like it’s time for Daniel Farke to make his mind up on Bamford.
Patrick Bamford’s time at Leeds United
His time at Elland Road has very much been a mixed bag, with a number of instances showing the forward’s ability was definitely at a high-end second tier level, but there have been an array of times when Bamford has missed guilt-edge opportunities, which have subsequently been the difference between a win, draw or loss.
There’s no denying that former boss Marcelo Bielsa managed to get the best out of the Chelsea academy graduate, as his most fruitful seasons in front of goal came in the title-winning season of 2019/20 with 16 strikes from 45 Championship games, before featuring in every top flight game the following year and going one better with a tally of seventeen
