Leeds United may be in relatively comfortable shape in the Premier League this season but it isn't proving to be ideal for everyone at Elland Road.

The 1-0 win over Tottenham heading into the international break ended a run of five top flight games without a win but leaves Daniel Farke's side sitting in ninth.

By most measures the German is delivering on exactly what 49ers Enterprises would have expected of him by spearheading a return to the Premier League, albeit at the second time of asking, avoiding immediate relegation, and then consolidating the club's status in the elite English division.

Leeds' mid-table position owes more to their impressive defensive record than it does to their attacking output, as they remain one of the lower scorers in the league with 10 goals.

That is perhaps no surprise when the vast majority of the summer transfer expenditure went towards preventing goals conceded rather than creating opportunities at the other end, but arguably the most exciting attacking recruit has so far been a non-factor.

Bahoya fails to convince Farke

Leeds spent around £75 million to bring James Trafford, Tarik Muharemovic, Jacob Elvedi, and Michael Zetterer to West Yorkshire, but the £1.7m loan fee that went towards attacker Jean-Matteo Bahoya might have been the one that some fans were most interested to see in action.

Instead, they could have missed the entirety of his time on the pitch with a couple of ill-timed trips to the bar as the Eintracht Frankfurt loanee has only been entrusted with 11 minutes of action in total off the bench so far.

The 21-year-old looks set to follow in the inauspicious footsteps of Facundo Buonanotte last season as an attacking addition to the squad that ultimately was unable to deliver anything like what was hoped for.

Buonanotte eventually made it to Elland Road in the January window last season after Chelsea had hijacked his initial move to take him to Stamford Bridge for an equally underwhelming stop.

The Argentinian's stay in west London saw him make just eight appearances in all competitions, and his delayed arrival at Leeds was presumed to see him make up for lost time.

But his impact actually regressed under Farke, who frequently omitted him from the match-day squad and only gave him three late outings off the bench in the Premier League and one half in the FA Cup.

Farke's passionate plea masks disappointment

The pattern is currently being repeated by Bahoya as the French winger failed to even make the bench for the victory over Spurs, despite arriving with a conditional option in his deal worth £19.7m, and up to £4.3m in add-ons, suggesting far more was expected.

It is thought that 10 appearances and Premier League survival would obligate Leeds to make the deal permanent but on current form there is no chance of that happening.

Farke spent over 10 minutes addressing the "hype" around the loanee in a press conference ahead of the Bournemouth match a fortnight ago, extolling passionately how youngsters need to be protected from such focus and asking for questions around Bahoya to be stopped so he can work with him behind the scenes.

As much as that sentiment holds merit it surely masks disappointment for both player and manager if the latter doesn't see fit to offer any action to someone who made 38 Frankfurt appearances last season, including in the Champions League.

It would take a huge surge in development at this stage of the campaign for Farke to suddenly change his tune on Bahoya, let alone risk locking in around £20m of his future transfer spending on him, so the chances appear minimal.

If the scene stays as it is, given an early termination appears to be unlikely, it can't go down as anything other than a major let down all round, but as Harvey Elliott's lost season at Aston Villa last term showed it certainly can happen.