Leeds United confirm late exit as midfielder seals permanent move away — Leeds Live 1/9/25

The midfielder leaves for nothing, with a year left on his contract, but with a big potential sell-on clause attached

Leeds United have confirmed the permanent exit of Darko Gyabi to Hull City. The 21-year-old becomes the club's third senior sale of the window.

It’s understood via colleagues at Hull Live that, despite having a year left on his deal, the permanent move contains no fee amid Hull’s transfer embargo. However, a sell-on clause, potentially as high as 50 percent, has been included.

The midfielder - who cost £5million from Manchester City in 2022 - was not a part of Daniel Farke's plans this season, and was not used at all during pre-season. Gyabi spent last season at Plymouth Argyle, playing 48 games which included 34 Championship starts.

The pivot played five senior games for United, first making his debut in a League Cup defeat to Wolves in September 2022. He made his Premier League debut three months later against Manchester City in a 3-1 loss at Elland Road.

Leeds have amassed an initial £8.6million from the permanent sales of Gyabi, Sam Greenwood and Rasmus Kristensen, whose fee with Eintracht Frankfurt could increase from its £5.5m figure to £7.7m.

Leeds have also gained a small fee from the loan of Max Wober to Werder Bremen and the academy sale of defender Diogo Monteiro, with a large sell-on clause attached with that deal. But in the short term, Leeds have barely acquired £10m in sales.

Isaac Schmidt’s loan to Bremen contains a purchase clause, as does Wober’s. The loan exits of Largie Ramzani (Valencia), Mateo Joseph (Mallorca) and Joe Gehardt (Hull) do not contain purchase options.

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