Leeds United accepted loan offers for several players in the summer transfer window to ensure that they moved on a few before deadline day.
Lucas Perri, Wilfried Gnonto and Largie Ramazani were all allowed to leave on loan in the final days of the transfer window as Leeds reshaped the squad for a new season.
Leeds hope these loan deals turn into permanent exits next summer as they seek to raise funds from player sales and further increase their spending power.
The Whites also allowed Sebastiaan Bornauw to leave and join Hamburg on loan after the defender wanted to leave the club and return to Germany after being a bit-part player last season.
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Sebastiaan Bornauw is already under pressure at Hamburg after a terrible start
The centre-back wanted to leave Leeds after just one season, where he was never a regular in the team. He wanted to play regularly and returned to Germany on loan to Hamburg.
However, the defende has not made the best of a start at Hamburg, and the Bundesliga side already looks like it is fighting to survive in the German top tier this season.
They have conceded a staggering 13 goals in their opening four Bundesliga games this season. Only the bottom two sides have let in more goals than Hamburg.
Bornauw started the first two league games, which Hamburg lost, and was part of a defence that conceded seven goals.
He has missed the last two games, including the 2-1 home win over Koln on Saturday, which was their first victory of the season after three straight defeats.
The defender is struggling with a muscle injury but is expected to return after the three-week international break.
But with Hamburg winning and looking more secure without him in defence on Saturday, it is unclear whether he will return straight away once fit.
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Bornauw could return to Leeds next summer
Hamburg do not have an option to buy the centre-back in the loan agreement with Leeds, and as things stand, he is likely to return to Elland Road.
The defence looked porous with Bornauw in the team, and a muscle injury has not helped his cause early during his loan spell at the German club.
Bornauw is under pressure to prove himself at Hamburg and show that he deserves to stay beyond the end of his current loan stint.
He will have to get fit first and then find a way into the team again after the international break before thinking about his long-term future.
However, there is now a decent chance that the centre-back will return to Leeds once his loan spell ends at Hamburg.
