{"id":965612,"date":"2026-05-17T01:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T01:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/965612\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T01:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T01:08:15","slug":"freiburg-hold-willy-gnonto-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/965612\/","title":{"rendered":"Freiburg hold Willy Gnonto talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/tag\/leeds-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds United<\/a> are reportedly open to selling Willy Gnonto this summer as Bundesliga side Freiburg consider a summer transfer approach.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>United\u2019s final home game of the season awaits on Sunday with a home test against Champions League chasing Brighton.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/tag\/daniel-farke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Farke<\/a> has already achieved his goal of keeping Leeds in the Premier League. He\u2019s done so having made some tough calls on certain players, ultimately getting over the line in the end.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds united consider selling Willy Gnonto as Freiburg consider approach \u2013 Florian Plettenberg<\/p>\n<p>One player who has seen his involvement frustratingly limited this season has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/tag\/wilfried-gnonto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Willy Gnonto<\/a>. A mixture of our three-at-the-back setup and Farke\u2019s lineup preference are two key reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Sky Sports Germany reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/2055723655347277990\">Florian Plettenberg<\/a> reports that Bundesliga outfit Freiburg are weighing up a move for the Italian international.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s claimed that talks between Gnonto\u2019s representatives and the German club have already been taking place before the season\u2019s end.<\/p>\n<p>A deal is described as \u201cdifficult\u201d, but it\u2019s also noted that United are open to Gnonto leaving the club. A sale would surely be preferred, but Plettenberg claims that a loan with an obligation to buy could be on the cards too.<\/p>\n<p>I have given up on Willy Gnonto \u2013 He\u2019s got no future at Leeds United for some reason<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s such a peculiar situation. Almost every time Gnonto plays, Leeds fans are left impressed by what we\u2019ve seen from him.<\/p>\n<p>However, he\u2019s never been able to change Farke\u2019s mind this season on starting often. Now, we\u2019ve got a depreciated asset that looks likely to leave this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Freiburg would be a smart move for Gnonto, a side looking to qualify for Europe in the Bundesliga. That said, it\u2019s such a shame it\u2019s not workign at Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone knows he\u2019s supremely talented, but for whatever reason, he hasn\u2019t been able to kick on. <\/p>\n<p>If we get good money for him, I\u2019d consider this a worthwhile exit. But, loaning him out doesn\u2019t seem particularly wise for this summer.<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Love<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Funny<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Wow<\/p>\n<p>            100%<br \/>\n            Sad<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Angry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United are reportedly open to selling Willy Gnonto this summer as Bundesliga side Freiburg consider a summer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":965613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,25764,393,25632,4884,1860,2922,142361,142362,16,15,4514],"class_list":{"0":"post-965612","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-elland-road","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-freiburg","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-leeds-united","15":"tag-lufc","16":"tag-the-whites","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-wilfried-gnonto"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116587246763931238","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965612","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=965612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/965613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=965612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=965612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}