According to Peter O’Rourke at Football Insider, Leeds United is willing to allow Wilfried Gnonto to depart during the January transfer window, but the Peacocks will only sell for a high enough bid.
Gnonto, 20, attempted to push a transfer out of Elland Road in the summer, which has reignited rumors regarding his future at Leeds United as the winter transfer window draws near.
The Italian footballer, who refused to play in protest at the Leeds team’s failure to sell him during the most recent transfer window, was left out of the Leeds squad for the majority of August.
Furthermore, Gnonto’s choice to press for a trade has damaged his rapport with manager Daniel Farke as well as the Whites’ fan base.
The Italy international has struggled for game time and form since the transfer saga. Since the end of the previous transfer window, Gnonto has been available for seven Championship matches and made just three starts.
Farke has instead put faith in the attacking quartet of Crysencio Summerville, Georginio Rutter, Dan James and Joel Piroe, who have helped Leeds to rise to third place in the Championship.
New developments in the Gnonto transfer situation suggest that Leeds will want to make a profit from the highly-rated attacker, whose contract at Elland Road expires in June 2027.
Leeds signed Gnonto for around £3.8 million in September 2022 and his estimated value has risen to £15.5 million, according to Tansfermarkt.
Football Insider has also revealed that the former Zurich player is apparently unhappy with the team as a result of the summer transfer fiasco and his lack of playing time.
Before Leeds was demoted from the Premier League the previous season, Gnonto made an impression. Before the Yorkshire team finished 19th in the Premier League in 2022–2023, the Italian scored three goals in his final ten games of the season.
Calciomercato says that Man City and Arsenal have expressed interest in Gnonto following Leeds’ relegation from the top tier.
