{"id":85437,"date":"2025-05-08T19:46:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T19:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/85437\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T19:46:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T19:46:14","slug":"manager-admits-hed-love-to-sign-exceptional-leeds-united-player-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/85437\/","title":{"rendered":"Manager admits he&#8217;d love to sign &#8216;exceptional&#8217; Leeds United player this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Leeds United\u2019s squad looks set to undergo a bit of a makeover this summer. Plenty of comings and goings are expected.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Inevitably, fans are talking about who will arrive at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds United<\/a> this summer. It\u2019s bound to be an exciting summer too with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/transfers\/leeds-united-interested-in-signing-26m-premier-league-striker-with-49ers-set-to-spend-100m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds United set to spend \u00a3100million<\/a> or more on new signings, with some exciting new names being linked too.<\/p>\n<p>But for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/club\/manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Farke<\/a>, there needs to be balance. Balance in terms of who comes and who goes and balance in terms of the wage bill, too.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds will undoubtedly have to get rid of some deadwood this summer and there\u2019ll be clubs queueing to take them on board. Names like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/news\/winners-and-losers-from-leeds-uniteds-2024-25-campaign-as-10m-man-fails-but-defender-proves-doubters-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Bamford looks set to leave Leeds United<\/a>, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/transfers\/leeds-united-will-now-listen-to-offers-for-attacking-duo-who-both-scored-five-championship-goals-this-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sam Greenwood who\u2019s up for sale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another name up for sale is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/joe-gelhardt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Gelhardt<\/a>. The striker joined Hull City on loan in January and went on to score five goals in 20 Championship outings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2195832582-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by George Wood\/Getty Images\" class=\"wp-image-68479\" \/>Photo by George Wood\/Getty ImagesHull City boss Ruben Selles keen to sign Joe Gelhardt from Leeds United<\/p>\n<p>Soon after leaving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/club\/stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elland Road<\/a> on loan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/news\/joe-gelhardt-shares-what-all-the-leeds-united-players-said-privately-about-hull-city-before-he-joined\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gelhardt spoke about his time at Hull City<\/a>, sharing his happiness at playing regular football after a difficult first half of the campaign at Leeds United. And now, his manager at the MKM Stadium has made it clear that he\u2019d like to bring the 23-year-old Gelhardt back in time for the 2025\/26 season.<\/p>\n<p>Tigers boss Ruben Selles told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hulldailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/exceptional-joe-gelhardt-set-hull-10156056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Hull Live<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m not going to go too much on it because everything can happen. I just think that it has been a pleasure for us to have Joe. His way to work has been exceptional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis qualities and abilities are exactly what you expect from a player, but also from a person in our environment. I will be happy if he can stay with us for another season, but there are a lot of things that need to be discussed, not only my intention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2204868626-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by George Wood\/Getty Images\" class=\"wp-image-76242\" \/>Photo by George Wood\/Getty Images <\/p>\n<p>MORE LEEDS UNITED STORIES<\/p>\n<p>  Joe Gelhardt has already hinted at leaving Leeds United this summer<\/p>\n<p>Not only does Selles want to sign Gelhardt, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/news\/leeds-united-forward-publicly-hints-that-he-wants-to-leave-elland-road-i-dont-want-to-be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gelhardt has hinted at leaving Leeds United<\/a> already this month.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking recently, Gelhardt said: \u201cI wasn\u2019t playing at Leeds, and now I\u2019ve got a taste of football. I don\u2019t want to be sitting on a bench and not playing my football. I\u2019ve enjoyed it so much here, so I\u2019d like to play football again next year. I don\u2019t know where that\u2019s going to be, but I definitely want to be playing football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For all involved, Gelhardt returning to Hull City this summer could be a great outcome. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/news\/joe-gelhardts-future-takes-an-unexpected-twist-after-major-development-away-from-leeds-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Selles could be sacked by Hull City<\/a> and so that casts doubt over a potential return to Hull, although Gelhardt has had interest from elsewhere in the Championship in the past.<\/p>\n<p>A good striker with potential still, Gelhardt will surely go on to have a bright career. But it looks like he\u2019s played his last game for Leeds United.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United\u2019s squad looks set to undergo a bit of a makeover this summer. 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