Leeds have completed their second signing in two days after securing Crystal Palace's Jimmy Kébé until the end of the season on loan.
The Mali international will be linking up with former manager Brian McDermott, the pair previously reached a play-off final and won promotion to the Premier League the following season in 2012. Regular first team football will have been the deciding factor in the 29-year-old's Championship switch to Elland Road. Kébé has grazed the pitch just six times this season despite arriving at Selhurst Park for an undisclosed fee in August but will be shown no such treatment at Elland Road and the pacey winger is likely to be thrown in the mix at Hillsborough, in what will be another fiery Yorkshire derby this weekend with Sheffield Wednesday.
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| Brian McDermott with his new signing Jimmy Kébé. Picture from http://www.leedsunited.com |
“I haven’t come here for a holiday,” said United’s new arrival on the club's official website. “My target here is to play in the Play-Offs, minimum."
Kébé's desire looks to be genuine and that hunger to succeed is exactly what McDermott was looking for when identifying his targets to strengthen his squad - a drive to push forward. With his side currently eighth in the league, the Leeds boss is likely to blood in both of his new wingers - Kébé and yesterday's signing
Cameron Stewart - when Leeds travel to South Yorkshire on Saturday.
Leeds chairman Salah Nooruddin commented on his club's new recruit, telling Sky Sports: "Jimmy Kébé is a player well known to Brian and we're delighted to have agreed a deal both with the player and Crystal Palace."
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