Leeds United’s attention has turned towards the summer transfer window as they seek to build on their Premier League survival this season.
Daniel Farke is unlikely to let his players drop their intensity today when they take on West Ham in a game that could end with the Hammers being relegated from the Premier League.
However, behind the scenes at Leeds, the focus has already shifted to the summer transfer window, with the manager demanding to see more ambition from the board.
However, the club also need to improve their player sales this summer to boost their transfer budget, and recent developments could help Leeds bring in a bigger fee for one of their attackers.
Leeds United set to demand more money for Joe Gelhardt
Joe Gelhardt and Hull City won promotion to the Premier League on Saturday via an Ollie McBurnie goal deep in stoppage time against Middlesbrough in the playoff final.
The Leeds loanee played a key role in helping the Tigers sneak into the play-off places before eventually securing promotion to the Premier League.
Hull have made no attempts to hide their plans of signing the attacker on a permanent deal, even before they even achieved promotion to the top flight.
However, promotion is now set to determine the money Leeds are set to demand before agreeing to sell Gelhardt in the summer.
According to Football Insider, Leeds are now likely to demand a bigger fee from Hull before they decide to sanction the forward’s sale in the upcoming window.
Hull will get a cash injection of £200m following promotion, and Leeds are determined to get a significant fee from Gelhardt’s sale in the coming months.
The Tigers hope that they can strike an agreement with Leeds soon to sign Gelhardt on a permanent deal in the summer.
He wants to stay at Hull
Gelhardt has played some of his best football in the last 18 months at Hull, and has been open about his desire to stay with the Tigers.
He has no future at Leeds under Daniel Farke, who gave him very few opportunities to impress before loaning him out to Hull.
Leeds are fully justified in asking for a bigger fee considering his performances, his importance to Hull and the financial boost the Tigers will receive after winning promotion.
However, the club should ensure that they get an agreement done soon to allow Gelhardt to feel settled and ready ahead of the Premier League next season.
