Daniel Farke could decide to loan out two Leeds United players if they fail to impress in pre-season

In terms of returning loanees, attention has focused on those who were in the first-team squad for the 2022/23 campaign, particularly following the news of Brenden Aaronson’s return.

Max Wober, Diego Llorente, Rasmus Kristensen, Jack Harrison and Marc Roca are all Leeds players again as they are and could be in uncertain summers unless decisions can be made quickly.

Roca looks set to be the first to go with a permanent move to Real Betis, while Harrison could go out on loan again.

The other three, however, do not have the option of leaving on loan for a second time and so nothing can be ruled out.

New updates are shared on the future of Leeds duo Sam Greenwood and Darko Gyabi

While that quintet has understandably grabbed all the headlines, Farke also has to decide what to do with his other loanees and fringe players.

Sam Greenwood and Darko Gyabi both had loan spells at Championship sides last season, although they probably didn’t prove enough to warrant a place in Leeds’ squad come August.

They are likely to find themselves in a similar position to Joe Gelhardt and Charlie Cresswell, who both remain at Elland Road for the 2023/24 campaign but last started a league game in August.

Cresswell is already attracting permanent interest from elsewhere, but according to Leeds Live, Greenwood and Gyabi could be allowed to leave on loan again.

According to the report, both players will need to impress Farke in pre-season to have any chance of making the squad next season or face moving on.

Leeds should sell Greenwood, Gyabi needs another loan

Although both seem to find themselves in the same situation this summer, there is one of those two players who deserves the chance to show what he can do on loan.

Greenwood has had a full season at Middlesbrough to show what he can do at this level, but after a promising start, he really fell off from January onwards, failing to register a single goal or assist in his last 16 appearances.

For someone who has predominantly played in a front four, this sort of return is not good enough for where Leeds want to be and should therefore be moved permanently.

Gyabi, meanwhile, only joined Plymouth Argyle on loan in January but saw his time at the club cut short due to injury, last playing on March 9.

With a brilliant display against Boro at Greenwood, Gyabi had only just begun to find form until that injury struck, so the jury remains out on whether he can do so consistently at this level.

As such, he deserves the opportunity to go out on loan to another Championship side again, for Leeds to then reassess once and for all in 12 months’ time.

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