The Whites only ensured their top-flight survival on the final day of the 2021-22 season through a 2-1 win at Brentford as relegation rivals Burnley dropped back into the bottom three by losing 2-1 at home to Newcastle United.
Leeds then acted quickly to secure a deal to sign 21-year-old USA international midfielder Brenden Aaronson from RB Salzburg and the Whites have also wrapped up a deal to recruit Aaronson's former Salzburg team mate Rasmus Kristensen for £10m.
Denmark international right back Kristensen and Aaronson will both become Leeds players on July 1 subject to international clearance and this is how a new Leeds best XI could look based on United's summer activity so far.
The 2022-23 Premier League season will begin over the first weekend of August and the fixtures for the new season will be released at 9am on Thursday morning.
. GK - Illan Meslier
Whether Leeds sign another 'keeper as competition and cover for Meslier remains to be seen but the 22-year-old Frenchman is clear first choice and started every single game last season, the only Whites player to do so.
. RB - Rasmus Kristensen
Quite what happens when Luke Ayling returns from knee surgery remains to be seen but new recruit Kristensen looks sure to start the new season as first choice right back and there is always the option of Ayling playing at centre-back. Picture by LUFC.
. CB - Liam Cooper
Whites boss Jesse Marsch is not short of options at centre-back but Cooper is the club captain who impressed upon his return from injury at the end of the campaign. But who partners him?
1. GK - Illan Meslier
Whether Leeds sign another 'keeper as competition and cover for Meslier remains to be seen but the 22-year-old Frenchman is clear first choice and started every single game last season, the only Whites player to do so.
2. RB - Rasmus Kristensen
Quite what happens when Luke Ayling returns from knee surgery remains to be seen but new recruit Kristensen looks sure to start the new season as first choice right back and there is always the option of Ayling playing at centre-back. Picture by LUFC.
3. CB - Liam Cooper
Whites boss Jesse Marsch is not short of options at centre-back but Cooper is the club captain who impressed upon his return from injury at the end of the campaign. But who partners him?
4. CB - Diego Llorente
Llorente, Robin Koch, Pascal Struijk, Ayling, Charlie Creswell, Leo Hjelde - take your pick. But Llorente ended last season as one of the first choice centre-back starters and is now very much back involved with the Spanish national side. Cooper and Llorente looks the likely call.
5. LB - Junior Firpo
Firpo was brought in from Barcelona last summer to be first choice left back and with Stuart Dallas recovering from a femoral fracture, Firpo must now really assert himself in that position.
6. CM - Kalvin Phillips
Manchester City are continually being linked with a big bucks bid to try and sign the England international midfielder but he's Leeds United's player and one of the first names on the team sheet for both club and country.