Graham and Joe debate whether left-back Junior Firpo will be given a new deal when his expires next summer
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00:00Shall we talk about Junior Firpo's future? Because it's coming up to six months until
00:11his contract expires. Throughout the past 12 months, he's been one of the best players
00:15and consistent players in the Leeds team, now spending between four and six weeks out.
00:21Farke said today that it's not the time right now to discuss the potential of a contract
00:27renewal or his future, that general gist of topic, because of how many games there
00:34are and how they're all coming thick and fast. But at some point you do have to have that
00:38conversation, particularly given that from January the 1st, Firpo can sign a pre-contract
00:45agreement with non-domestic teams, so basically any foreign club. So, for example, a team
00:52in Spain.
00:53I'm going to ask you a yes or no question. It's May 2025, whatever happens at the end
00:58of Leeds' season happens, regardless of Premier League or Championship, do you offer Junior
01:03a new deal?
01:04Yes.
01:05Now, show you're working.
01:10Leeds are going to have to do, in the event of promotion, a grand body of work when it
01:17comes to recruitment. They're going to have to bring in a lot of players. I think they're
01:22probably going to want a starting left back. But the age Junior Firpo is, the experience
01:27he has, the identification he's got with the club, the attacking ability he's got, if you're
01:32needing a goal late in a game, he's a very, very offensive left back. If Daniel Farke
01:38is still in charge, he knows Farke's system. I think he's done enough. And I also think
01:43that you need to maybe not only judge his struggle, shall we say, initially in the Premier
01:49League, as an ability thing, but also a context thing of being in a team that was struggling,
01:55a team that was struggling to defend, a team that went through lots of managerial changes,
01:59and also his injury situation and his illness situation and the availability issues he had.
02:05I'm not saying that it's a clean slate or whatever, and that you just start him at full
02:10back and hope for the best. But I'm saying he certainly wouldn't be a bad squad player
02:14to have.