Leeds United have released their retained list for the 2023/24 season, announcing which players the side are allowing to leave at the end of their contracts. Adam Forshaw and Joel Robles are the only two senior players to leave Elland Road, but both are invited back to the club for pre-season training.

Leeds United Retained List Revealed

First Team Experience

The Yorkshire club are losing a lot of first-team experience if Adam Forshaw and Joel Robles are to leave the club. Forshaw has been with the side for as long as the likes of Patrick Bamford, providing strength and experience in the middle of the park. Similarly, Joel Robles showed his potential at the end of the season with a string of first-team appearances.

Neither of the two players is necessarily certain to leave the club, however. Since Robles and Forshaw are both invited back to training in July, there is a good chance that the new ownership group could take an interest and keep them on with a new contract offer.

What Does This Mean for Leeds United Transfers?

This is a fairly complicated addition to Leeds United’s transfer strategy over the summer. From one point of view, it adds a degree of weakness and uncertainty. The Whites may need to buy a new midfielder and goalkeeper because of this. However, it also means that they have two players almost immediately signable in the event that a lot of players leave.

How the next few weeks go is an essential part in the Yorkshire club’s attempt to return to the Premier League, and this step has taken the club towards having a more flexible foundation to work from throughout the window. For a club likely to lose a lot of talent, keeping senior players around for training, at the very least, is wise.

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Leeds United: Adam Forshaw & Joel Robles released after relegation

Midfielder Adam Forshaw and goalkeeper Joel Robles are among the players to leave Leeds United on the expiry of their contracts, although both have been invited to pre-season training.

Robles, 32, played six times following last summer’s move from Real Betis.

Academy graduates Will Brook and Stuart McKinstry will also leave Elland Road.

Leeds are still to appoint a new manager following Sam Allardyce’s exit, after failing to retain top-flight status.

Forshaw, who played 91 games for the club after moving from Middlesbrough in January 2018, was part of the last promotion-winning team under Marcelo Bielsa, although he missed much of the campaign with a hip injury.