bbc news: Leeds’ 49ers owners terminate five players’ contracts and wave them goodbyes before the January transfer window opens.

Leeds United could let as many as five first-team players leave on loan when the transfer window reopens in January. The West Yorkshire club is currently third in the Championship and undefeated in their last four league matches, but crucially remain seven points adrift of the automatic promotion places currently occupied by league-leaders Leicester City and Ipswich Town.

Manager Daniel Farke has established a settled side that is getting the German results, but he can’t play everyone and that means that there could be some departures in January. Express Sport rounds up the possible candidates for a new year exit from Elland Road

Scouser ‘Joffy’ made and huge impact when he broke into the Leeds team in 2021, but after struggling to game time last season, he went on loan to Sunderland for the second half of the season

Like Gelhardt, Cresswell spent last season on loan elsewhere, except the England U21 international spent the entire season at Millwall where he made 28 league appearances, scoring four goals.

But since returning to his parent club, the 21-year-old centre-back has barely had a look-in under Farke, making just four appearances so for this season. As their fourth-choice central defender, United won’t be overly keen to let him join another club incase of injuries, but Cresswell will be chasing minutes, so a loan deal could still be on the cards and there will be no shortage of interested parti