Leeds United striker Patrick Bamford targets double figures despite already having 9 goals to his name

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Leeds United striker Patrick Bamford wants to hit double figures for the season, The Yorkshire Post reports.

Bamford admitted that he has had to revise his pre-season target of 20 goals due to his long-term knee injury.

And his new target is 10 goals, although that should be well within his sights considering he already has nine goals to his name.

The 25-year-old scored twice against Preston in midweek to take his league tally to eight goals in 18 games (11 of which have been starts).

And with one goal in two cup matches, Bamford has a respectable overall tally of nine strikes in 20 matches.

With five league games left to play, Bamford has set himself the target of scoring once more, although he admitted promotion was the most important thing.

Bamford told The Yorkshire Post: “At the start of the season, obviously I had aspirations to hit 20-plus but, after the knee injury, I think anything in double figures is a good return, personally. But if you don’t go up, it means nothing.”

This revised target might come as a surprise to Leeds fans as they will be hoping he scores more than one in the final five games of the season.

As Leeds’ starting striker now, Bamford needs to score the goals to ensure they stay second and win automatic promotion.