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Leeds United midfielder’s ER career all but over after pre-season developments
Alongside Leeds United players who were thrust into U21 action as further evidence of their pending exits, midfielder Darko Gyabi has not been seen since the beginning of pre-season at Thorp Arch.
Daniel Farke’s squad travelling out to Germany brought significant updates on the whereabouts of Patrick Bamford and Mateo Joseph above all, neither part of the plans with Bamford told so, and Joseph deciding so.
There were others not part of the first team group, including Sam Greenwood, Joe Gelhardt and Darko Gyabi.
Where is Darko Gyabi as Leeds United pre-season continues?
Gyabi is an intriguing case out of this other group, having spent the past 18 months out on loan and never really looked a part of Farke’s plans since relegation.
A £5million signing from Manchester City’s U21 side packed with talent, Gyabi hasn’t hit the heights since leaving the Etihad that his ex-teammates Romeo Lavia, Cole Palmer or Liam Delap have.
Having been left out of the squad that was in Germany, Gyabi also intriguingly wasn’t part of the U21 side that faced Hartlepool United last weekend – Gelhardt, Greenwood, Bamford and Jonny Howson all featured.
Gyabi was pictured during the club’s initial pre-season training at Thorp Arch, but hasn’t been seen since.
Leeds United exit all but confirmed for Darko Gyabi, either permanent or on loan again
Returning to Leeds after two successive Plymouth Argyle loans, Gyabi will be keen to build on what he’s learned scrapping at the bottom of the Championship.
Leeds’ promotion out of the EFL obviously means his playing opportunities are non-existent in a white shirt, and that’s made all the more clear by the fact he’s not even with the group, while teenage quartet Charlie Crew, Sam Chambers, Rhys Chadwick and Harry Gray are all involved.
