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With a slew of departures now confirmed at Elland Road, Daniel Farke and Leeds United must move quickly in the summer season.
The Whites have already said goodbye to Rodrigo, Tyler Roberts, Alfie McCalmont, and Joel Robles in permanent departures from Elland Road, and Adam Forshaw has also been released after his contract expired.
There have also been five loan departures from the club. Diego Llorente and Rasmus Kristensen have joined Jose Mourinho’s AS Roma, while Robin Koch has rejoined Eintracht Frankfurt. Brenden Aaronson has joined Koch at Union Berlin in the Bundesliga, while Marc Roca has returned to Spain with Real Betis.
What comes next for Leeds?
Despite the volume of departures, more are expected as confidence for the upcoming season grows now that the two-time second-tier champion is in charge and tasked with guiding a promotion campaign.
Ethan Ampadu is the only first-team incoming so far, having arrived on a permanent basis from Chelsea. He joins on a four-year deal following several loan moves in England and abroad.
He is the first of those incoming pieces to fall into place, but there’s so much more to sort around LS11 in order to bounce back to the Premier League at the first time of asking.
Money should be available for the Whites to strengthen the squad ahead of a potential promotion push, yet the free agent market offers opportunities for the Leeds’ new-look hierarchy to be creative and target at least a few shrewd additions.
Free agents that Leeds United could target
With that in mind, here, we take a look at free agents Farke and his recruitment team should be targeting this summer, and the reasons why.
