The fact that Adam Forshaw and Joel Robles have been allowed to reach the end of the Premier League season without the offer of a new Leeds United deal might be telling. Neither man featured heavily throughout the course of the campaign and if Leeds had stayed up, many would have expected them to leave on free transfers.
However, relegation, coupled with the roles they played throughout May under former boss Sam Allardyce, might just have Leeds thinking twice. The club will be forced to publish their retained list in the next couple of weeks and that means time is of the essence if they are to offer either man the chance to stay on and help the club rebuild in the Championship.
Of course, there are more pressing matters at Elland Road at present, with a takeover saga to be settled, a new head coach to be found and a new director of football, too. But, some decisions cannot wait, with the futures of both players potentially in the balance.
