Leeds United have just a few weeks to go till the start of the new season. The club have done great business bringing in a host of new faces, but the club need to offload some players soon.
There are a few first team starts currently with the U21s training and playing friendlies. Patrick Bamford, Sam Greenwood and Joe Gelhardt all scored as the team smashed Norwegian opposition 10-2 last week.
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Some of the players are getting offers, but the rest still have no confirmed exits. Hull City have approached Leeds over a move for Gelhardt this week, after rumours of a move to Rangers.
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Leeds United star completes loan move
Leeds United have officially confirmed that midfielder Charlie Crew will go out on a season-long loan to Doncaster Rovers. The midfielder spent the second half of the season with the League Two side when they were promoted.
📰 #LUFC wishes Charlie Crew all the best, as the midfielder joins Doncaster Rovers on loan for the 25/26 season
— Leeds United (@LUFC) August 5, 2025
Crew played 13 games for Grant McCanns side. He will be available for the club’s next game against Mansfield this weekend.
Midfielder was Doncaster’s priority
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Charlie Crew was a bright spark for Doncaster last season, and coach Grant McCann is pleased to have the young midfielder at the club once again. This time he will be on a season-long loan. McCann said that the club had been pushing for this deal to happen all summer:
“We’ve been chasing Charlie all summer – probably from the last game of the season at Notts County,” McCann said. “We made it clear to Charlie and to Leeds that we’d love to have him back. He’s highly thought of at Leeds. He’s been around their pre-season programme, played in some of the games and went away on the trip with them so we had to be patient to get him.
“I’m delighted that he’s chosen us because there was some big clubs in League One chasing him but Charlie and Leeds have decided this is the best place for him to play his football.”
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Leeds boss Daniel Farke briefly spoke on Crew towards the end of last year. He admitted that the young midfielder was very talented, and could reach the heights of Archie Gray, but called for patience as the teenager is on a good path.
“Charlie Crew has some comparisons to Archie Gray, but this is unfair. It’s not normal a 17-year-old is in the starting XI (like Archie), it is unfair to expect Charlie to do what Archie has.
“He always wants to learn though and we are working lots with him to take that next step. He is down to earth, well educated, humble and a very good football player, but there is a big step to first-team football. He is on a good path already training with the first team.”
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