Summerville features: 2 dream scenarios Leeds United would love to see this week | OneFootball

FLW outline two dream situations for Daniel Farke and Leeds United supporters ahead of pre-season beginning this week.

Highlights

Leeds United have made three new signings so far this summer, but with pre-season beginning this week, Daniel Farke and the club's supporters will be keen for further plans to be finalised.

Changes are already well underway in terms of the playing squad, with further players expected to join Archie Gray out of the exit door, whilst there are those players who left Leeds due to loan clauses in their contracts, who will need to have their futures at Elland Road resolved as quickly as possible, in order for the club to then focus on further incomings for Farke.

The Daily Mail has reported that the Whites may have to generate around £100 million in player sales following their failure to secure promotion back to the Premier League at the first time of asking. That's despite Red Bull's lucrative sponsorship deal with the club.

Young stars such as Crysencio Summerville, Willy Gnonto, Georginio Rutter, and Gray are therefore likely to be sold to help balance the books before the club can make significant investments of their own in the form of incoming players on top of the likes of Joe Rodon, Alex Cairns, and Joe Rothwell to further strengthen the squad.

Leeds have also released the likes of Luke Ayling, Lewis Bate, Robin Koch, Jamie Shackleton, and Ian Poveda. They have sold Gray, Luis Sinisterra, Marc Roca, Kristoffer Klaesson, Charlie Cresswell, and Diego Llorente. Whilst Jack Harrison, Darko Gyabi, Sonny Perkins, and Sam Greenwood have sealed loan exits.

With the first friendly match against Harrogate Town looming, here we take a look at two situations Farke and Leeds supporters will want to have resolved this week as soon as possible.

Crysencio Summerville signs a new deal with Leeds

Summerville's exit has felt like a near-certainty and a question of when and not if. The Dutchman has plenty of resale value for PSR purposes and enjoyed a terrific season in winning the Championship Player of the Year award aged just 22. That sort of form at that age is sure to pique the interest of clubs across Europe's top-flight leagues.

He has been linked to a host of top-flight sides, including the likes of Newcastle United, as well as Aston Villa and Chelsea that have been credited with an interest in the forward recently. It may feel like an inevitability that he leaves, but with just two years left on his current deal, a real statement of intent would be to hand him a new and improved contract.

Of course, it isn't likely at all that he signs it, but in a dream scenario? It would protect the asset and the club, whilst also strengthening Leeds' chances of keeping one of the second-tier's best players. He is a match-winner and one of the biggest difference-makers in the final third in the league.

A right-back signs

Rothwell's signing has helped to replace the midfield depth issue of Shackleton and Gray departing the club, but the latter pair also featured in games at right-back for Farke in 2023/24.

It means that selling Gray only appears like the right move if a specialist comes in at right-back. Sam Byram signed a one-year extension this summer, but Connor Roberts' loan expired - leaving Leeds short of a natural fit for the role. Gray played well out of position, but it was never likely to be where his long-term future lies.

After Ayling and Dallas' departures, it has left Farke thin in terms of full-back options in general, with Byram covering left-back at various stages in the early parts of last year as well. A younger profile who has decent experience is the sort of deal Leeds should be looking to strike this week, to bed them in for the entirety of pre-season.