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Leeds United summer exits have been announced - and the club’s likely best XI and bench has a very different look to it from the one that finished the title-winning Championship campaign.
Leeds are heading back to the Premier League as Championship champions and the club submitted its retained list last weekend ahead of the new 2025-26 campaign.
Stand out news featured conformation that last season’s loan stars Manor Solomon and Joe Rothwell had returned to their parent clubs of Tottenham Hotspur and Bournemouth respectively.
Leeds also announced that midfielder Josuha Guilavogui would be leaving the club upon his contract expiring but that discussions were ongoing with Junior Firpo and Sam Byram - both of whom are out of contract this summer.
As such, the pair remain very much in the mix for a best XI and bench - unlike Solomon, Rothwell and Guilavogui - plus the young players leaving the club.
It all means a rather different likely best XI and bench - an idea of which we look at here.
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13. Sub: Sam Byram
Another big question mark with Byram being out of contract in the summer but he's still a Leeds player and a very reliable full-back option. | Getty Images
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14. Sub: Isaac Schmidt
Another full-back option whose versatility probably lends itself to him being an option in most positions from the bench. | Getty Images
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15. Sub: Max Wober
An option at either centre-back or left back and could be viewed as first choice left back as things stand if Firpo and Byram don't get new deals. | Getty Images
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16. Sub: Ilia Gruev
It could be argued that the vey solid and reliable Gruev should be in the XI but that would mean no Tanaka. | Getty Images
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17. Sub: Largie Ramazani
The potential is there for all to see and the chief alternative to Gnonto or James out wide as things stand. | Danny Lawson/PA Wire
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18. Sub: Patrick Bamford
The Whites striker with bags of experience in the Premier League which Bamford himself feels suits him better than the Championship. That said, ended the season behind Piroe in the pecking order despite impressive contributions from the bench upon returning from a hamstring injury. | Getty Images