Highlights
- Leeds United could face difficulties next season if they don’t achieve promotion, as several key players, including Liam Cooper and Luke Ayling, will leave on a free.
- Cooper’s injury earlier in the season was a setback, but he has made a decent impact on the team’s recent good form.
- Stuart Dallas is a versatile player and his return to the team after a long absence due to injury will be crucial for Leeds United.
Leeds United have a squad that should be challenging for promotion from the Championship.
Having been relegated from the Premier League last season, Leeds came back down to the second tier of English football with a group of players that, on paper, sat right near the top of the Championship
They managed to keep some of their better players from the 2022/23 campaign, like Wilfried Gnonto and Dan James, as well as bringing in players like Ethan Ampadu and Joel Piroe.
They’re positioned well in their pursuit of top tier football, but, if they don’t achieve promotion, they’re going to be losing some key players for free at the end of the 2023/24 campaign. That will make life a lot harder for them next time round.
1 Liam Cooper
At the expiration of his contract, the club captain will only be a few months off from reaching a decade spent at Elland Road.
Fortunately for him, he’s been able to have a decent impact on the club’s good form of late. A nasty looking injury on the first day of the season, against Cardiff City, forced him to come off on a stretcher.
They managed to keep some of their better players from the 2022/23 campaign, like Wilfried Gnonto and Dan James, as well as bringing in players like Ethan Ampadu and Joel Piroe.
They’re positioned well in their pursuit of top tier football, but, if they don’t achieve promotion, they’re going to be losing some key players for free at the end of the 2023/24 campaign. That will make life a lot harder for them next time round.
1 Liam Cooper
At the expiration of his contract, the club captain will only be a few months off from reaching a decade spent at Elland Road.
Fortunately for him, he’s been able to have a decent impact on the club’s good form of late. A nasty looking injury on the first day of the season, against Cardiff City, forced him to come off on a stretcher.
The initial chance of a quick return to action didn’t look good for the Scotsman. He was out for eight weeks with a foot injury, before returning to face Hull City.
Losing him for free would be a huge blow to the club.
