Sporting director confirms ‘discussions’ with Leeds but 49ers demands ‘extremely high’

After Koch and Sinisterra, Leeds have six senior players on loan with Orta’s clause. Marc Roca is in Spain, Rasmus Kristensen and Diego Llorente are in Rome, Max Wober and Brenden Aaronson in Germany.

Jack Harrison is at Everton and Leeds are confident Harrison, Wober, Llorente and Roca have done enough to earn permanent exits in the summer, while Kristensen and Aaronson will return to Leeds.

Wober, 26, has played 27 times on loan at Gladbach and would have had more had it not been for injury. He comes after leaving Leeds to establish himself in Austria’s squad ahead of Euro 2024.

Whether Gladbach sign him permanently remains to be seen, but the German club’s sporting director has now confirmed that the Bundesliga side are in talks with Leeds over a deal.

Here is what Roland Virkus said to the German newspaper Bild:

Gladbach talks with Leeds United confirmed for Max Wober

Wober was only signed by Leeds in January 2023 in one of a number of meetings organized by manager Jesse Marsch. But after his arrival from Salzburg, Wober saw Marsch sacked a month later in February 2023.

The left-back is under contract at Elland Road until the summer of 2027 and Graeme Bailey has said LeedsUnited.News that there is every chance he will return to the fold under manager Daniel Farke.

But now Virkus has confirmed that Gladbach are in talks with Leeds over a deal, but admitted that Leeds’ demands are high. Bild claim that Leeds want £14.5m, while Gladbach only want to pay £7.7m.

“We are having discussions with everyone involved, of course we would like to keep Max with us. But the demands are extremely high,” Virkus told Bild when discussing the future of Leeds defender Wober.

At the start of this season, and certainly in the second half of the season, a top two finish looked assured for Farke’s men. But after the March break, Leeds crashed out of the play-offs.

A crucial game awaits Leeds on Thursday night, the second leg of the semi-finals against Norwich, after the two sides drew 0-0 in the first leg, Wober recently predicted whether Leeds will be promoted to the top flight.

“Leeds are doing really well. They play really hard football, it’s fun to watch. If he continues, everything seems to be promoted. Then everything is not really in my hands,” Wober told Laola1.

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