Players that left Leeds United in the summer window have had mixed results so far. The Whites offloaded a bunch of first team stars.
Many criticized the Whites for not being able to get rid of deadwood over the last two seasons.
Leeds had to deal with huge contracts and players who did not want to stay at Elland Road. This summer saw Jack Harrison, Max Wober, Largie Ramazani and Joel Piroe among the cast of players that left.
Some of them had to leave to get more playing time, like Ramazani and Piroe.
The others had to leave because the club could not continue to keep their wages on the books; Harrison and Wober come to mind.
Summer signing explains how he ‘fought hard’ to leave Elland Road
Sebastiaan Bornauw. Credit: IMAGO
Daniel Farke makes it clear that when a player does not want to stay at Elland Road he will leave.
Lucas Perri and Wilfried Gnonto could not be promised playing time and so they left on loan.
Another player who also left the club on a temporary deal is Sebastiaan Bornauw. He left England to join HSV in Germany, after the Bundesliga club made him a priority in their transfer list.
In a recent interview with Hamburger Abendblatt, Bornauw mentioned that he ‘fought’ to leave Leeds United.
“I fought hard at Leeds United to come to Hamburg. I really wanted to play for HSV. There’s an abundance of tradition here, and I like that.”
And in an even more recent interview with BILD, the defender has expressed how happy he is to be in a city like Hamburg and how he is comfortable after the move.
“Hamburg is probably the best city in Europe to live in. If only the weather were better. The people are very friendly, the buildings are beautiful, everything here is green. I love going to the Alster lake or strolling through a park. I feel very comfortable here,”
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Sebastiaan Bornauw is good as gone next summer
From the defender’s interviews since leaving Elland Road, it points to the fact that he wants to leave Leeds United.
And he cannot really be blamed; last year he never got a fair shot at being a starter in the first team. Even though he was a backup option, when he started games he shone.
But then Farke chose to bench him when the starters came back and at a point in the season, he chose to start James Justin in the back three.
Bornauw now has a club where he is a regular and will most likely make a permanent switch when the season ends. Leeds will not really feel the impact of his exit as the club has signed Tarik Muharemovic and Nico Elvedi who are doing a great job this season.
