Leeds United stance on handing Josuha Guilavogui a new contract amid deal expiring in June and Paris interest

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Leeds United have already waved goodbye to two first-team players in the January transfer window and now, there is a chance a third player could depart on a permanent basis.

Joe Gelhardt scored a screamer towards the end of his first Hull City start on Tuesday night while Charlie Crew has gone to Doncaster Rovers in League Two until the summer. Both players will return in June.

Plenty of Leeds players have been linked elsewhere. Recently, Blackburn boss John Eustace confirmed interest in Patrick Bamford and Junior Firpo has interest from Real Betis and Besiktas given his contract.

Now, another player could leave Leeds in the form of Josuha Guilavogui. Paris FC want to lure Guilavogui back to France to aid their promotion push, with Paris currently sitting top of Ligue 2 much like Leeds.

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Leeds stance on handing Josuha Guilavogui a new contract

Reports in France say Paris FC and Leeds have opened talks in ‘recent days’ to sign Guilavogui in the coming fortnight. With Ethan Ampadu and Ilia Gruev back, the need for Guilavogui has now lessened.

Joe Donnohue reports on the Yorkshire Evening Post’s website that it is ‘improbable’ that Guilavogui is handed a new contract by Leeds. But he also says that a January exit is unlikely, and he will stay put.

It seems Daniel Farke has not been tempted to keep Guilavogui around beyond the end of the current season and will allow his Leeds deal to expire in June. It is unclear if Paris FC will retain their interest.

Guilavogui is one of five Leeds players leaving as things stand

There are five players that will currently, say goodbye to Leeds in the summer and depart without Leeds receiving a fee. Guilavogui is joined by Firpo and Sam Byram in seeing their contracts expire in June.

Then, the two on-loan players in Joe Rothwell and Manor Solomon will return to their parent clubs in the form of Bournemouth and Tottenham. It will be interesting to see if Leeds pursue permanent deals.

But it does look as if Guilavogui will be off. Guilavogui is a record-breaker already in his short-term spell at Leeds, but that does not look as though it will entice Farke and Leeds into handing him a new deal.