Leeds United have offloaded a handful of first team players in the just-ended transfer window. Some have gotten off to great starts, while others could be affected by recent decisions.
Joel Piroe is off to a flying start with West Ham, scoring three goals in his first six appearances.
Goalkeeper Lucas Perri has been off to a mixed start to life in Italy. His first two games with Torino have seen him make errors which have been criticized by the media.
Many at Torino believe Perri can bounce back, and have blamed his lack of confidence on him being sidelined by Daniel Farke earlier this year.
In the Championship, Largie Ramazani also got his first goal involvement, providing an assist in Burnley’s last game.
Leeds United man tipped to have uncertain future following club decision
Wilfried Gnonto
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Wilfried Gnonto made his Serie A debut for Fiorentina in a game against his former teammate Lucas Perri.
Right after the game, his new coach Fabio Grosso was sacked. The Italian side have since replaced Grosso with Paolo Vanoli, who recorded a win in his first game on Friday night.
Gnonto was on the bench, and came on for 30 minutes.
Pete O’Rourke of Football Insider believes the managerial change could impact the winger going forward.
“I don’t think it’ll have any massive impact on his long-term future. Obviously, it’s a new manager that Gnonto has to try and impress and try and work his way into his first-team plans in that respect.
“That’s never ideal for any new player, when they join a club and the manager changes so quickly, but Gnonto was a target and was brought in by Fiorentina’s sporting director, Fabio Paratici, rather than the manager.
”Paratici wanted Gnonto on board for Fiorentina, and it was a case of the manager then using Gnonto and getting the best out of him.”
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Wilfried Gnonto will have to fight for his place at new club
It is unfortunate for the Leeds United loanee, but football is unpredictable.
Like O’Rourke mentioned, the decision to sign him was made under the previous manager who planned with Gnonto this season. And now that he’s gone, things could change.
All Gnonto has to do now is put his head down and work to earn a place in the team.
Judging by how many minutes he has played so far, he will definitely get chances to prove that. It will be up to him to produce great performances and find himself among the goals.
Fiorentina is a new environment that will allow him to play more than he did with Leeds last year.
