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Leeds United can’t risk offloading player amid Red Bull links this January
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Adam Elliott
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Max Wober has been linked with a January move away from Leeds United, but his importance has increased in recent games and Daniel Farke’s side cannot afford to sell him to RB Leipzig or Red Bull Salzburg.
Wober joined the Whites from Salzburg for a fee of £11 million in January 2023, but he joined Borussia Mönchengladbach on loan last summer after the club’s relegation from the Premier League, and he impressed during his time in Germany’s top-flight.
In his 16 league appearances during the second half of the 2022/23 campaign, Wöber impressed more than many during that period under Jesse Marsch, Javi Gracia, and Sam Allardyce, but it was not enough as he failed to keep his current team afloat in the Premier League.
He was one of a number of Leeds players who left the club on loan during the summer window last year, making the temporary move to Borussia Mönchengladbach and becoming an important player there, making 25 league appearances and 27 appearances in all competitions for the Bundesliga outfit.
Max Wöber’s 2024/25 impact so far with Leeds
Max Wober – Leeds United
It was claimed in May that Leeds were demanding £14.5 million for Wober this summer, but that price tag deterred clubs from making a move, and Mönchengladbach were reportedly only willing to pay £7.7 million to sign him permanently, thus he ended up remaining at Elland Road.
Other players exercised their right to a loan yet again by taking advantage of loan clauses within their contracts. Wöber and Brenden Aaronson, however, have stayed put to help Leeds push for promotion. That said, only one of them has featured regularly under Farke.
Aaronson has won a decent amount of game time in West Yorkshire during the 2024/25 campaign, and will be pleased about that following his disappointing loan stay at Union Berlin, and due to his decision to remain this term. Wöber, unlike the American, has barely featured for Farke’s side this term.
Joe Rodon and Pascal Struijk have been picked as starting options ahead of him at the heart of the defence, which has been detrimental to Wober in his quest to make more of an impact. Instead, in the early parts of the current campaign, he was rooted to the bench and finding more time on the pitch with Austria.
Wöber has struggled for game time at Elland Road this season, with the 26-year-old suffering injury issues, as well as falling behind in the pecking order of Farke’s team. Up until recently, he was still coming back to full fitness from knee surgery and had only featured twice in the league this term.
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