Just as the old proverb warned, Leeds have fallen apart. Again.
Daniel Farke’s side were more than good enough to earn promotion back to the Premier League this year, but their total of 90 points was somehow not enough to finish in the top two and they lost to Southampton in the play-off final.
There’s Premier League quality in abundance all over Leeds‘ squad, and their fans should brace themselves for a summer of upheaval, especially if reports of significant transfer debt are to be believed.
Here are five players on the books at Elland Road that top-flight sides should look to sign.
The man with the coolest name in football should be on the radar of every club in need of a young and dynamic winger.
Crysencio Summerville showed glimpses of his talent in Leeds’ final season in the Premier League before fully flourishing in the Championship last year, recording 21 goals and 10 assists this term.
There had even been calls for Ronald Koeman to promote the 22-year-old into the Netherlands’ squad for Euro 2024. Alas, that did not happen. We are booing furiously in spirit.
Archie Gray’s performance under the microscope and the Wembley arch on Sunday left a lot to be desired, but he’s still only 18. This is hardly the worst thing that will happen to him. And not in a threatening way.
Throughout the season, Gray showed his immense capabilities both as a box-to-box midfielder and as an auxillary right-back. He’s already been linked with some of Europe’s top clubs, let alone those in the upper reaches of the Premier League.
As a third-generation Leeds star, it would be incredibly hard for the club to see him go.
Ethan Ampadu’s senior career started at 15 and has taken him to Exeter City, Chelsea, RB Leipzig, Sheffield United, Venezia, Spezia and Leeds in the eight years since. That’s quite the experience.
Though he now looks settled at Leeds and has channeled his many years of adult football into invaluable leadership at Elland Road, there are plenty of good reasons why bigger and better clubs could and should come calling.
In another life, Dan James would have a long career as a wrestling jobber who gets flung about like a boomerang, such is his penchant for winning hard fouls.
Anyway, let’s focus on the football….
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