Yahoo Sports· 1h ago· 1 min read
Leeds United Willing To Ship Off 26-Year-Old Outcast: Does It Make Sense For The Next Season? The numbers tell one side of the story for Joel Piroe. 19 goals. Four assists. 45 appearances. Top scorer in the Championship in 2024/25 and the main engine behind getting Leeds United back to the big time. Yet, stroll around West Yorkshire right now, and you quickly realise statistics mean precious little when a manager’s mind is made up that he is a low-priority man . Daniel Farke wants a new leading man. Simple as that.
Farke looks elsewhere for Premier League firepower Farke wants a traditional centre-forward to hold up the ball, bully centre-backs, and trigger the team’s pressing system off the ball. They have Dominic Calvert-Lewin for that. That leaves Joel Piroe in a tough spot.
Despite doing everything asked of him last season, the 26-year-old Dutchman finds himself pushed right to…
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