This summer, Leeds United lost Georginio Rutter to Brighton and Crysencio Summerville to West Ham. However, Daniel Farke will be hoping that players like Willy Gnonto, Brenden Aaronson, Largie Ramazani, and Manor Solomon can help replace the loss.
Although Gnonto has stayed at Elland Road over the transfer deadline, he has watched some of his younger and most talented teammates leave Leeds in recent months. He will be hoping that he can work with his new teammates to propel Farke’s squad to promotion.
Archie Gray, Summerville, and Rutter were among the players who left Leeds for the Premier League, marking the second team exodus in as many summers. Alternatively, Gnonto committed to Leeds for a further four years by signing a new deal.
Most importantly, there is no release clause in the agreement. Following Leeds’ recent experience with the sting of numerous loan and release clauses. With Gnonto, they won’t suffer in the same manner because it’s been reported that he’s signed an extension, and more importantly, Fabrizio Romano disclosed that it doesn’t have a release clause.
Leeds United’s offensive alternatives to support Willy Gnonto
For the remainder of the season, Farke’s supporting group of players has plenty of options and quality to choose from. However, Gnonto can anticipate more starts as one of the players who can produce the necessary offensive output, whether it be through solo heroics to win games or by providing for those around him.
Many had speculated that Leeds would transfer Gnonto to the left flank, where he had shown the most promise in the Premier League with Leeds, following Summerville’s departure. The small winger, who operated more regularly from the right last year, may go to the opposite flank as a result of a reorganization of Leeds’ attacking line.
Currently, he is accommodating Solomon instead, remaining on the right even after Ramazani was brought off the bench in the team’s previous two league games. Dan James and Ramazani can both assault the box from the right side with ease, while Gnonto has rarely been on the left side of the field outside of the opening game of the league season.
It just so happens that Gnonto’s lone goal contribution thus far this season occurred in the matchup versus Portsmouth. Gnonto can make a bigger impact in the finaIn particular, Gnonto may and probably ought to be Summerville’s heir apparent, but the team determined that more acquisitions were required to help Leeds in the left-wing department. Here, we examine that decision in more third on the left or even in Rutter’s previous position centrally with a free role. He may have the footwork to succeed as the right-sided winger.
The Italian player has just as much potential as Rutter and Summerville, even though he didn’t quite reach the same heights as them last season. In 36 regular league games, he scored eight goals and provided two assists. With a goal on the first day of play, he demonstrated his abilities when used in his optimal position.
In the first team, Solomon, Ramazani, and Aaronson’s return from loan have virtually taken the places of players like Rutter, Jaidon Anthony, and Summerville. With that assortment of forward possibilities, the squad-building may be lacking in some cohesive thinking, though.
In particular, Gnonto may and probably ought to be Summerville’s heir apparent, but the team determined that more acquisitions were required to help Leeds in the left-wing department. Here, we examine that decision in more detail.
Leeds left-side dynamic without Gnonto
For the remainder of the season, Farke’s supporting group of players has plenty of options and quality to choose from. However, Gnonto can anticipate more starts as one of the players who can produce the necessary offensive output, whether it be through solo heroics to win games or by providing for those around him.
Many had speculated that Leeds would transfer Gnonto to the left flank, where he had shown the most promise in the Premier League with Leeds, following Summerville’s departure. The small winger, who operated more regularly from the right last year, may go to the opposite flank as a result of a reorganization of Leeds’ attacking line.
Currently, he is accommodating Solomon instead, remaining on the right even after Ramazani was brought off the bench in the team’s previous two league games. Dan James and Ramazani can both assault the box from the right side with ease, while Gnonto has rarely been on the left side of the field outside of the opening game of the league season.
It just so happens that Gnonto’s lone goal contribution thus far this season occurred in the matchup versus Portsmouth. Gnonto can make a bigger impact in the final third on the left or even in Rutter’s previous position centrally with a free role. He may have the footwork to succeed as the right-sided winger.
The Italian player has just as much potential as Rutter and Summerville, even though he didn’t quite reach the same heights as them last season. In 36 regular league games, he scored eight goals and provided two assists. With a goal on the first day of play, he demonstrated his abilities when used in his optimal position.
In the first team, Solomon, Ramazani, and Aaronson’s return from loan have virtually taken the places of players like Rutter, Jaidon Anthony, and Summerville. With that assortment of forward possibilities, the squad-building may be lacking in some cohesive thinking, though.
In particular, Gnonto may and probably ought to be Summerville’s heir apparent, but the team determined that more acquisitions were required to help Leeds in the left-wing department. Here, we examine that decision in more detail.
