Leeds United is still not assured of an automatic promotion spot with two games remaining in the Championship season.
At the moment, Daniel Farke’s team is four points behind leaders Leicester City in second position.
Although they are a point ahead of Ipswich Town, the team from Portman Road still has a game in hand.
The all-whites have a challenging match against Southampton to end their 2023–24 season, and it appears that the race for promotion will likely go down to the very last day of play.
It’s likely Leeds will allow Jamie Shackleton to go.
It is quite remarkable that the Elland Road group is even considered for automatic promotion.
When Farke took over at Leeds a few weeks into the season, he was operating with one hand tied behind his back since he was still unable to prevent players from leaving or being sold.
It took a long before Leeds had a roster that could be considered settled, as the team’s new owner, 49ers Enterprises, clearly wanted to pare down the team.
Therefore, Farke deserves a tremendous deal of credit for leading the team to where they are now, despite a few missteps.
According to MOT Leeds News, one player who was a regular at the start of the season isn’t getting any looks these days, which probably means that his time at Leeds is coming to an end.
Throughout the campaign, Jamie Shackleton has been sick and injured at different points, therefore other players have taken the lead.
The 24-year-old’s struggle to return to the starting lineup has grown increasingly difficult, and since his contract with the team expires on June 30, it seems inevitable that the team will let him go.
