Leeds United came into the summer transfer window keen to retain the floor of their squad and raise its ceiling. It seems fair to suggest the club’s key decision-makers have achieved that goal.Of those who played a meaningful role in last season for Leeds, only three have been lost: Pascal Struijk, Karl Darlow and Lucas Perri. The early signs would suggest Tarik Muharemovic and James Trafford will improve upon that trio’s contributions.Crucially, the optics on the window as a whole improved on deadline day. Some supporters will bemoan the loss of Wilfried Gnonto to Fiorentina on loan, but Jean-Matteo Bahoya is highly rated and Melvin Bard adds vital cover to a defensive department that looked overstretched.Was this window a success or a failure?A success, in short. The club’s best players were retained, even extending their contracts in some cases, and the new faces have arguably improved upon those they have replaced.Daniel Farke found a formula that worked across the vast majority of last season, and the club has preserved the players responsible for that. The hope is that by retaining the core of that 14th-placed team and adding proven quality to it, Leeds can climb a few more places up the table.The club’s top brass came into this window with credit in the bank. At least seven of last summer’s 10 new arrivals were huge successes and this was followed by a brilliant season.That burgeoning faith in Paraag Marathe (chairman), Robbie Evans (managing director), Adam Underwood (sporting director) et al was further bolstered by the huge sums spent on Trafford and Muharemovic, as well as proven performer Harry Wilson on a free.However, in the days leading up to the deadline, which included an unexpected injury to Joe Rodon, anxiety about a lack of depth in some positions festered. Ending deadline day with full-back Bard and winger Bahoya just reassures the remaining few doubting where this squad might be at.It might be fair to wonder if more money could have been raised through permanent sales rather than the initial loans so many of the departing players went out on.Jean-Matteo Bahoya, right, has joined Leeds on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt (Neil Baynes/Getty Images)How much did Leeds spend and how much did they bring in?Wages and signing-on fees, important and expensive in free deals like Wilson’s, are unknown.Based on the transfer fees we do know, the club roughly spent £89million ($120m) and raised around £31m.Who have they signed?Wilson started the summer off as a free agent after the expiry of his contract at Fulham. Muharemovic, the 6ft 4in Bosnian centre-back, arrived less than 10 days later for around £34m from Sassuolo.Leeds then broke their record transfer fee in a deal for Trafford in goal from Manchester City. The 23-year-old went to the World Cup with England and is expected by many to be his country’s No 1 in the years ahead.Nico Elvedi and Michael Zetterer then each arrived from the Bundesliga to replace wantaway back-ups in the United squad. The former, signed from Borussia Monchengladbach, took Sebastiaan Bornauw’s place in central defence and the latter, who has arrived from Eintracht Frankfurt, came in for Perri as reserve goalkeeper.On deadline day, Bard came in from Nice on loan to provide cover for Gabriel Gudmundsson down the left flank. Bahoya, another signing from Frankfurt, then rounded things out as a fresh option on the left side of attack, also joining on loan.Were there any deals they wanted to do that they didn’t get over the line?There were no outgoing moves that Leeds wanted to do and failed with. It’s a similar story on incomings.Mykhailo Mudryk is evidently one target they were publicly interested in and failed to land; the Ukrainian winger joined Tottenham Hotspur on loan instead, but Bahoya’s arrival softened that blow. Sources at the club have stressed they were very relaxed going into the weekend, with Mudryk as the one option they were chasing until Rodon’s injury raised fresh questions of their defensive depth.Leeds were keen on Chelsea’s Mykhailo Mudryk (May James/AFP via Getty Images)Bard resolved that dilemma. There are two senior centre-forwards in the squad who have both had poor injury records in recent years: Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Lukas Nmecha. But there were no strikers Leeds felt they had left on the shelf who appealed to them.Are there still any obvious gaps in the team?In a three-centre-back system, there is still only one dedicated backup in Elvedi. James Justin can, and will, fill in there, but he’s also the best back-up at right wing-back, too.Bard’s arrival really does help in the defensive department, but if you were nit-picking, this is where you might find a loose thread in an injury crisis. In attack, some fans would be reassured if there were a third centre-forward on the books.However, Calvert-Lewin and Nmecha will continue to carry the torch at the tip of the attack and try to keep proving their doubters wrong.Do Leeds have the squad to achieve their goals for the season?Absolutely. Survival remains the number one priority, and this is a better squad than the one that finished 14th last season.Trafford, Muharemovic and Wilson improve the XI week to week, while the bench has more quality, too.Will the manager be happy?Yes. On Sunday, Farke said he was happy with the squad he had, but one or two additions may still be helpful. He got those with Bard and Bahoya.A manager always wants more, but Farke will feel confident he has been backed again this summer. Sources have stressed, on more than one occasion, how aligned Farke is with the club’s recruitment department, specifically Underwood.What will their priority be in January?Reacting to any injury crises. Nobody at Elland Road likes the January window. They see it as an opportunity to react to particularly difficult injury situations. Right now, there are no positions that are screaming out for urgent attention in the new year.Will they have money to spend?It’s unclear, but they are prepared to get creative if they need to. Last January, United pursued Jorgen Strand Larsen at Wolverhampton Wanderers.There was no way Leeds could stretch to a transfer fee beyond £40m in the conventional sense but they were ready to commit to a loan with an obligation to spend that much in the next financial year.What is their strongest XI now that the window is shut?Trafford; Rodon, Bijol, Muharemovic; Bogle, Ampadu, Stach, Gudmundsson; Wilson, Okafor; Calvert-Lewin.The full list of ins and outsIns: Harry Wilson (free), Tarik Muharemovic (Sassuolo, £34.3m), James Trafford (Man City, £40m), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Monchengladbach, £7.7m), Michael Zetterer (Eintracht Frankfurt, £4.3m), Melvin Bard (Nice, loan), Jean-Matteo Bahoya (Eintracht Frankfurt, loan).Outs: Sam Byram (Middlesbrough, free), Karl Darlow (Manchester United, free), Illan Meslier (Arsenal, free), Pascal Struijk (Brighton & Hove Albion, £18m), Harry Gray (Sheffield Wednesday, loan), Isaac Schmidt (Young Boys, £2m), Max Wober (Schalke, free), Jack Harrison (New England Revolution, undisclosed), Charlie Crew (Walsall, loan), Joel Piroe (West Ham, loan), Sebastiaan Bornauw (Hamburg, loan), Lucas Perri (Torino, loan), Sam Chambers (Northampton Town, loan), Largie Ramazani (Burnley, loan), Wilfried Gnonto (Fiorentina, loan), Joe Gelhardt (Hull City, £6.5m).