Leeds has to sell a magnificent star

Leeds United undertook another step toward promoting back to Premier Leaguee On Saturday, they picked up a point against West Bromwich Albion at Elland Road.
Although the whites would rather seek all three points against Baggies, especially after taking the lead through Junior Firpo in the first half, it was another point closer to the top flight and better than loss.
Daniel FarkaThe side is three points from Sheffield United in second place, and eight points away from Burnley in third place, although Clarets have a game in their hand above two.
Outfit West Yorkshire was surprisingly dull at the upper end of the Baggies field because they are only those created one ‘great chance’ in 90 minutes.
Joel Piroe played the whole match And he didn’t get a single goal, on or off Target, because his teammates failed to create any options for him, and he failed to create chances for himself.
Form Joel Piroe this season
This was a surprise because the Dutch center for the center, which joined from Swanse City in the summer of 2023, was in a deadly form in front of the goal in the second level of this season.
Marks’s left leg scored a hit 15 goals of 10.71 xg In 25 starts in PriorityWhile taking 2.1 shots per game on average, which shows that he was ruthless in the chances that came to his division.
Championship top scorers (03.03.2025) |
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Player |
Performances |
Goals |
Joel Piroe (Leeds) |
35 |
15 |
Borja Sainz (Norwich) |
30 |
15 |
Josh Maja (West Brom) |
26 |
12 |
Wilson Isidor (Sunderland) |
32 |
12 |
Callum Robinson (Cardiff) |
27 |
12 |
As you can see in the table above, Piroe is the scorer in the league together with the wing of Norwich City, Borja Sainz, and will hope that he will move from the Spaniard to win the golden boot, as well as the promotion, at the end of the season.
The former Swans striker has already surpassed his 2023/24 A collection of 13 goals In the championship, and his current form testifies to his professionalism as well as his quality, as he started the season as the second choice of Mateo Joseph.
Farke went with a Bachelor of Spanish Academy for Opening eight games Since the championship season, but the Spanish U21 International has only found the back of the net twice.
This was the opportunity to step in Piroe and set up his number nine of his own, which is exactly what he did – as evidenced by his position at the top of the league ladder.
However, things may not have passed so favorably for the Dutch central ahead, if the weather was different, and the former Leeds – Rafa Mujica Rafe – was on the road instead of Joseph.
Leeds once had Rafa Mujica
Returning in the summer of 2019, Victor Orta came in to sign a Mujica Mujica from Barcelona B to a free transfer after his contract with the Spanish side expired.
Young Marksman has achieved the results of the results Seven goals in 33 appearances For Barcelona B during the 2018/19 campaign, and Leeds confirmed that he would initially relate to the U21 side of Carlos Corberan in Thorp Arch.
The Mujica soon went on loan Extradura and Villarreal B during the 2019/20 campaign, before spending time on loan with Real Oviedo and Las Palmas.
At the end of the 2020/21 campaign, after two years as a Leeds player, Las Palmas signed a Spanish Center for Permanent Treaty for an undiscovered fee.
It is a decision that the powers that can be complained now, as the Mujica continued to develop into the excellent directing of the center that succeeded in several countries.
After one season with Las Palmas as a permanent addition, the Portuguese side of Arouca came in to sign a number nine in the summer of 2022, and at that time his career was really raised.
Form Rafa Mujica in the last seasons
The former Leeds United Academy’s talent has enjoyed a strong first season with the Portugal League clothing while scoring 14 goals and one assist In 32 appearances In all competitions.
Followed this with an exceptional return 23 goals and four assists In 36 appearances in all competitions for the Portuguese side in the 2023/24 campaign. In the meantime, as mentioned above, Piroe scored 13 goals in the second level for Leeds that season.
Mujica, who was greeted as “magnificent” from former Pepe Mel chief, and then in the summer of 2024 he earned big money in Al-US, while they were falling to sign him for a reported fee of 10 million euros (£ 8.3 million).
Ever since the transition to Qatar, the 26-year-old striker at the center has been in incredibly deadly form, and has even been more fertile than Piroa at the League level this season.
24/25 seasons |
Mujah (Stars League) |
Piroe (Priority) |
---|---|---|
Performances |
13 |
35 |
Goals |
14 |
15 |
The conversion rate |
26% |
20% |
The logs of the goal |
78 |
146 |
Great chances have missed |
10 |
5 |
Statistics via sofascore |
As you can see in the top table, Mujica has only scored one less goal than the Dutch striker, despite playing only 13 times, and in the current campaign he has made an average of less minutes per goal.
Although some may point to the league in which he plays, former man Leeds also played a Portuguese top flight – a home like Porting, Sporting and Benfice – in the previous two seasons with Arouc, which shows that he can regularly score goals at a good level.
Spanish Marksman never got the opportunity to make his first team debut, let alone start the first eight match of the league season as Joseph did, and some may wonder what would happen to him to give him an opportunity at Elland Road.
He developed in a top number nine, which he played in Portugal and Qatar, which is why Leeds should sell Las Palmas back in 2021, because they missed the opportunity to help him fulfill his potential on Elland Road.
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Now it will be interesting to see if the 26-year-old, who still has a lot of time in his career, will return to Europe to play in one of the main leagues in the future.