A second big summer Leeds United exit has been announced - changing the club’s likely best XI and bench which in turn is heading for another major alteration.
United’s first big summer departure was announced early last week with first choice left back Junior Firpo leaving upon his contract expiring and Austrian international Max Wober has now followed Firpo out of the door.
Wober has joined Bundesliga side Werder Bremen on a season-long loan but the German side have an option to buy the defender as part of the deal.
With Firpo gone, it could have been argued that left back Wober would have made United’s current first choice XI.
But a new man now looks set to be added to Daniel Farke’s starting line up with Leeds close to securing Lille’s Sweden international left back star Gabriel Gudmundsson as the club’s fourth signing of the summer.
Gudmundsson would go straight into the first choice left back slot but he’s not yet a Whites player and this is our idea of the current strongest Leeds XI and bench - as things stand - including a big Jack Harrison decision.
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7. CM: Ao Tanaka
With Rothwell going back to Bournemouth and now signing for Rangers it's a choice of Tanaka or Ilia Gruev alongside Ampadu and Tanaka probably gets the call. | Getty Images
8. RW: Dan James
The club's player of the year from the Championship-winning team and first pick out wide with Solomon having gone back to Spurs. | Getty Images
9. LW: Willy Gnonto
Manor Solomon's exit paves the way for Gnonto to come into the XI as things stand although the Italian is also an option in the no 10 role. | Getty Images
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10. ACM: Brenden Aaronson
Farke's continued call in the no 10 role although it appears an obvious position in which Leeds need to strengthen in, along with several others. The arrival of Nmecha could also pave the way for Piroe to drop back into a no 10 role. | Getty Images
11. ST: Joel Piroe
Lukas Nmceha will no doubt have his eyes fixed on being first choice striker but Piroe was last season's top scorer and indeed Championship Golden Boot winner so has to be considered first choice striker as things stand - despite also Patrick Bamford's return towards the end of the campaign and also the presence of Mateo Joseph. | Getty Images
12. Sub: Illan Meslier
There's clearly plenty of speculation about Meslier's future having lost his no 1 spot, added to the fact that he is out of contract next summer. But whether an exit is 'likely' remains to be seen. Back up keeper as things stand. | Getty Images