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Sat 24 January 2026 18:48, UK <\/p>\n
Leeds boss Daniel Farke is unlikely to sanction an exit for striker Joel Piroe this month despite reports linking Celtic and Rangers with his signature.<\/strong><\/p>\n Piroe<\/a> has struggled for opportunities at Leeds<\/a> this season despite firing them to the Premier League last term as he won the Championship golden boot with 19 league goals.<\/p>\n The 26-year-old has not started a Premier League match since late August, with no goal contributions in 10 league appearances so far this season.<\/p>\n Reports emerged last week claiming that Celtic were targeting a move for Piroe<\/a>, but their approach was shrugged off due to Leeds\u2019 shared ownership with arch-rivals Rangers<\/a>.<\/p>\n Rangers could make a move for Piroe<\/a> this month, as I revealed on the latest edition of Football Insider\u2019s Transfer Insider podcast<\/a><\/strong>, but Farke is not set to allow him to depart despite his struggles.<\/p>\n Dominic Calvert-Lewin<\/a> has been in fine form up front for Leeds, with nine goals from 20 league appearances as he won December\u2019s Premier League Player of the Month award.<\/p>\n His impressive showings have limited Piroe\u2019s minutes, but he is still seen as a viable option for Farke as they battle to avoid relegation back to the second-tier.<\/p>\n MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n Speaking on the\u00a0Transfer Insider podcast<\/strong>, I explained:\u00a0\u201cI still think Piroe is a difficult deal to do. Although he\u2019s not been a regular for Leeds this season, I still think he\u2019s still a key member of Daniel Farke\u2019s side. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cHe won\u2019t really want to lose him anytime soon, he\u2019ll want to keep him around. <\/p>\n Obviously Leeds are having a good run of form in the Premier League moving further clear of relegation trouble, but Farke won\u2019t want to weaken his squad in case there are any injuries to any of his other attacking players. <\/p>\n \u201cUnless Leeds are to bring in further attacking reinforcements, I think they\u2019ll be quite reluctant to let Piroe go.\u201d<\/p>\n Leeds\u2019 Jorgen Strand Larsen pursuit could still see Piroe depart this month<\/p>\n Piroe may well be keen to stay and fight for minutes at Elland Road, but it is tough to foresee him getting in the starting eleven ahead of Calvert-Lewin anytime soon.<\/p>\n Not only that, but Leeds have been linked with Wolves\u2019 Strand Larsen<\/a>\u00a0recently, and have now taken steps to land the striker\u2019s services.<\/p>\n Leeds submitted a \u00a330million bid for Strand Larsen<\/a>\u00a0on Friday, and even though it was rejected by the Molineux outfit, they reportedly remain in the market to sign him before 2 February.<\/p>\n News of the bid has seen\u00a0Leeds fans back Piroe to go to Wolves<\/a>\u00a0if\u00a0Strand Larsen<\/a>\u00a0is signed, but the Elland Road board may not want to strengthen a top-flight rival despite their struggles.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago) Sat 24 January 2026 18:48, UK Leeds boss Daniel Farke is unlikely to sanction an exit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,2353,393,4884,12413,1860,2922,5074,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-718291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-celtic","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-joel-piroe","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-leeds-united","15":"tag-rangers","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115951951328165368","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Joel](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1Piroe-1024x576.png\")
(Credit Imago)Piroe set for Leeds stay despite Celtic and Rangers talk<\/p>\n![\"Jorgen](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jorgen-Strand-Larsen-Wolves-1024x576.jpg\")
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