Leeds United notebook — Largie Ramazani states ‘ambition’ with loanee set for final hurrah — Leeds Live 29/4/26

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Ramazani has been in good form for Valencia during the second half of this season

Isaac Johnson Leeds United reporter

Largie Ramazani has enjoyed a fruitful 2026 with Valencia, with Leeds United loanee finally finding his feet under Carlos Corberan.

The winger has scored six goals in his last 12 La Liga matches, having started the last 10. Ramazani scored the opening goal in Saturday’s 2-1 win over Girona as Valencia edge their way towards relegation safety, now five points clear with five games to play.

The Belgian was loaned to the Spanish club for the season having fallen down the pecking order under Daniel Farke, who left him out of the squad entirely for the August trip to Arsenal. The board still values Ramazani, and were keen not to include a buy-out option in his loan deal.

Ramazani is contracted to Leeds until 2028 but where he fits in Farke’s long term plans is unclear. And reports in Spain suggest Valencia would be willing to acquire the 25-year-old permanently.

Asked about his future by El Desmarque this week, Ramazani replied: “We’ll do the analysis at the end of the season, and I’m going to continue as I have been. I’m ambitious and I’m going to work until the end of the season.”

Loanee set for final game

Harry Gray is due to play his final game for loan club Rotherham United away at Wycombe Wanderers on Saturday as the EFL regular season draws to a close. Rotherham’s relegation to League Two was confirmed earlier this month, but Gray will have learned a lot from his spell.

The 17-year-old has enjoyed his first prolonged stint in senior football, scoring three times in 19 matches, having started each one despite a change of manager. Gray has played in a variety of positions too, including left wing and supporting striker as well as his natural centre-forward role.

Meanwhile, Joe Gelhardt, who has also shown his versatility, will hope Saturday is not his final game for Hull City this season. The Tigers are on the cusp of a play-off place albeit have slipped out of the top six heading into the final weekend.

Hull host ninth-place Norwich City, who now cannot get a play-off spot, and will need to beat them by a goal more than Wrexham, in sixth, beat Middlesbrough - who are chasing the last automatic spot.

Both Hull and Wrexham sit on 70 points, with the latter one ahead on goal difference but one behind in goals scored. Regardless of how the season goes, Hull are keen to acquire Gelhardt - who has 14 goals and five assists this season - permanently this summer.

Wober finally breaks his duck

Max Wober has endured a torrid time with injury at Werder Bremen. He had not played a single Bundesliga game after sustaining a hamstring injury back in August, playing just 79 minutes of a cup game upon joining on loan.

However, he finally made his first league appearance of the season in Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Stuttgart, coming on for the final 25 minutes. Wober will certainly return to Leeds this summer given the season he has had.

The Austrian does have a purchase clause in his loan deal but Bremen are not expected to trigger it. The 28-year-old has one year left on his contract once he arrives back at Thorp Arch.

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