Leeds United may move up into the automatic promotion spots in the Championship if they win this evening against Middlesbrough. Over the weekend, Daniel Farke’s team had a mixed bag of results: Southampton lost 2-1 against Cardiff City, while Leicester City defeated West Brom.
Leeds has the opportunity to go up to second place and create a four-point lead should they earn all possible points from Boro and Queens Park Rangers, while Ipswich Town are not scheduled to play until Saturday.
The Championship promotion race is expected to have yet another exciting week. In the interim, The YEP has compiled a list of some of the most recent Elland Road news. If Leeds doesn’t win promotion this summer, they’re ‘likely’ to accept an offer for Wilfried Gnonto that is close to £30 million.
The 20-year-old will reportedly be “available” for between £20 and £30 million, with an offer that is near to the higher end sufficient to approve a possible departure, according to Football Insider.Last summer, Gnonto was the target of intense Premier League interest. Everton is believed to have had several proposals totaling up to £30 million rejected.
The Italian international even submitted a transfer request, but he retracted it and appears to have departed the agency that had advised him after Leeds refused to budge.
Gnonto has continued to draw attention, and since the start of the season, he has been playing well—seven of his eight goals have come since February. Leeds‘s financial situation would improve significantly with promotion, but failing to advance could result in
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