Leeds United star reveals Elland Road future hope after 'best season of my career' with 2027 contract expiry
Brenden Aaronson is one of a handful of Leeds United stars due to enter the final year of his Elland Road contract.
Brenden Aaronson believes the 2025/26 season has been his best ever and hopes to stay at Leeds United ‘for as long as I can’.
Aaronson, like Leeds as a whole, enjoyed a quite remarkable turnaround late last year and has been central to his side securing Premier League survival with games to spare. The American has four goals and five assists to his name in the top-flight, behind only Dominic Calvert-Lewin in terms of direct contributions.
He is also one of six first-team squad members set to enter the final 12 months of their respective contracts, a point at which decisions need to be made whether to extend or not. The 25-year-old’s end-product has helped his standing among fans while he’s always been appreciated by manager Daniel Farke.
“I would say because of the league, because of everything I've been through, I think it's definitely been the best season of my career.,” Aaronson told Sky Sports. “The level I've played at, I think it's been amazing.
“I think it's also credit to the coaching staff here. The coach has done an amazing job helping me ever since I got back, because I think he knew how to help with confidence. He knows you can go through some stuff and he's always had my back the whole time which is credit to him, because he's given me so much confidence.
“I’ve been really lucky to work under him and he's been teaching me a lot, and also the staff and all the people around here. I think it's just a great club, from top to bottom. It's been an amazing fit for me. I want to play here for as long as I can and create the best moments that I can.”
Brenden Aaronson on Daniel Farke impact
A change of formation and playing style in November appears to have helped Aaronson, who can operate either as a second striker in the 3-5-2 or that hybrid right-wing/No.10 role in a 3-4-2-1. The attacker has forged a strong relationship with top-scorer Calvert-Lewin and remains one of the club’s most durable players.
It hasn’t been plain-sailing for Aaronson this season, however, with the American coming in for criticism during Leeds’ most difficult period of results through the autumn. Farke was strong on his backing of the attacking midfielder at the time and has also been credited with a key role in improving those goalscoring numbers.
“On the pitch, he’s taught me so much,” Aaronson added of his boss. “Last year was my best goalscoring season and I learned so much goalscoring-wise. I was never a top goal-scorer, I would always want to be creating, wanting to play the final pass, but I learned last year how to get in the box and score more goals.
“Even this year, the goals I've been scoring have been goals that I haven't scored in the past, by learning little movements. Going behind, or when I get the ball on the side, how to create little spaces to shoot. Of course I worked on it too, but he's talked to me a lot about it. It's helped a lot.”