Leeds United's Welsh defender confirmed to return to parent club after Elland Road loan spell — YEP 21/5/24

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By Joe Donnohue

Leeds United's on-loan full-back Connor Roberts will return to Burnley this summer, the Lancashire club has announced.

Roberts joined the Whites on deadline day back in January but has not featured as much as he would possibly have liked. The experienced international defender has found himself in and out of the side due to injury and the good form of positional rivals Archie Gray and Sam Byram throughout the second half of the season.

Following the conclusion of the 2023/24 Premier League, Burnley announced their retained list which confirms Roberts is due to return to Turf Moor once Leeds' play-off campaign comes to a close this weekend.

The 28-year-old is still expected to be named in Daniel Farke's matchday squad at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, while promotion to the top flight could facilitate further negotiations over the player's future. Likely due to the uncertainty surrounding which division Leeds will play in next season, and the different budgetary constraints between Premier League membership and a second consecutive year in the Championship, it has been decided at this time Roberts will return to his parent club.

“Connor Roberts, CJ Egan Riley, Anass Zaroury, Samuel Bastien, Darko Churlinov, Michael Obafemi, Owen Dodgson, Luke McNally, Scott Twine, Wout Weghorst, Michael Mellon and Dara Costelloe all return to the club after loan spells away,” a Burnley club statement read.

Roberts has integrated well into the United dressing room since his January arrival and a future move is not off the cards, at least not from the player's perspective. Upon joining just shy of four months ago, the Wales international said: "Football's a funny game, so I'll be doing my very best to make a good impression on and off the pitch and maybe in the future it can change from the straight loan but yeah, at the moment it's just come here try and help on and off the pitch."

The defender has made 14 appearances during his loan spell so far, scoring once against Leicester City at Elland Road and registering one assist.

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