FLW takes a look at the players Leeds United could be able to get a good price for this summer.

Leeds United are in the automatic promotion race and aiming to bounce back to the Premier League at the first time of asking under Daniel Farke in the Championship.

It’s their first second tier season in over three years, but plans will be well underway for next season and Leeds have decisions to make on many members of their first-team between now and June, especially if they gain promotion.

Despite the focus being on the present on the pitch, plans away from the field will be well underway with 2024/25 in mind, as recruitment calls will be well underway, irrespective of which league they are in.

The club were extremely active in the summer market, and did well in January to move on some of their other fringe players who were hardly featuring, be that on loan or permanently, which will have helped trim the wage bill further.

The Whites will end up bidding farewell to a variety of players come the end of the campaign, given that they have a bloated squad due to the loan clauses that saw many of them leave the club during the summer, and with a number of players also out of contract at Elland Road.

Three departures have already been confirmed, with Luke Ayling bidding farewell when his contract expires, Robin Koch agreeing a pre-contract deal with his current loan club, and Luis Sinisterra agreeing a permanent deal with AFC Bournemouth ahead of the summer.

With promotion in mind, here, we have decided to take a look at all the Leeds players who could command a fee if the club look to willingly cash in for them this summer.

Joe Gelhardt

Gelhardt’s future in West Yorkshire is unclear, with his development stalling over the last couple of seasons. However, there is talent there, and the club could instead seek a loan in order to get his career back on track, with the idea of utilising him in 2025/26 instead.

There could also be a permanent switch, though. It will depend on other options in Leeds’ forward line, as well as conversations between Gelhardt and the club behind the scenes. The 21-year-old has plenty of ability but is at a crossroads and no closer to achieving that early potential with Leeds at present. Regular game time is needed, one way or another.

Charlie Cresswell

Cresswell is in the same position as Gelhardt in many ways, with developmental minutes needed at senior level, as opposed to languishing within Leeds’ reserves or on the fringes of the first-team with very little game time to speak of this term.

He, too, has stalled, and needs to seek a fresh challenge next season, be that on a temporary basis on loan, or on a permanent deal with a new club. Cresswell also has ability but his place is way down the pecking order for Farke’s central defensive options, with Ethan Ampadu’s performances in Pascal Struijk’s absence preferred to either Cresswell or Liam Cooper.

Diego Llorente

Llorente had been a servant for Leeds since 2020, becoming a big-money signing with an estimated fee of £18 million from Real Sociedad, but joined AS Roma last year. During his stint with Leeds, he made 59 appearances in all competitions for the club.

However, after two-and-a-half seasons, midway through last season, it was announced that he would join Roma on loan for the second half of the 2022/23 campaign. Relegation saw another move for Llorente as it was announced in the summer that he would re-join the club, and there is the potential for that to become a permanent deal as well.

Max Wöber

The Austrian defender only joined the Whites in January for a fee of around £10 million from RB Salzburg, and whilst he couldn’t help keep the West Yorkshire outfit in the Premier League, he was one of few to emerge with any credit after generally impressing during his 19 appearances in all competitions.

However, he has been decent with Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga so far, and there is every chance he has suitors in the top-flight this summer, with the Austrian unlikely to become a starter at Elland Road over the likes of Struijk or Ampadu at left-sided centre-back.

Junior Firpo

Firpo’s persistent injury issues have kept him sidelined for the majority of the first half of the campaign, but more recently, he has been a part of matchday squads. The left-back is a high earner at Elland Road and requires good performances to be kept around by Leeds, who could be in the market for an alternative specialist to fill that role.

Leeds may be minded to move him on, even with good recent displays, due to his high wage and also being in the last year of his deal with the club, meaning he could command a small fee. The 27-year-old has looked strong in an attacking sense but would need to up the levels he showed defensively in the Premier League if he is to maintain a spot in Farke’s first-team plans.