January’s transfer window provides every club with a chance to reassess their squads and move around their loanees. Some of those sent away during the summer window have either outgrown their new homes and need something more challenging, or are struggling to get the match time they expected and need something more suitable.

Here, we take a look at the five loanees currently away from Elland Road and assess how they are getting on where they are.

Jack Harrison

The highest-profile of the players Leeds saw leave on loan in the summer was Jack Harrison. The 28-year-old was one of two players who still had clauses active last summer which allowed them to leave on loan if their wages were paid in full, without any say from the Whites.

Harrison was also one of the first players out of the door after the play-off final loss. His loan to Everton, smoothed by that aforementioned clause, was completed by June 24. He then started the first four Premier League games in a row, but has more recently been out of favour.

Harrison started at Arsenal on Saturday due to a Dwight McNeil injury, but had been missing from the previous five line-ups. Harrison has featured in all but one of Everton’s league games, but started eight out 15 in total.

Sean Dyche spoke about Harrison last week: “He is still working hard, he’s a very honest professional, and just trying to find those moments for him.

“He works so hard in training. He’s so honest and if anything he’s a player, and I’ve had this with Dwight McNeil, that puts too much pressure on themselves.

“Sometimes you’ve got to release that and maybe there’s a bit of that when he gets out there, to find that enjoyment in what it is and not get so tight, especially in the top third of the pitch. He works very hard and is a top professional and a very important part of the group.”

It’s hard to see where Harrison would get more game time in the Premier League, so there’s unlikely to be any change in this arrangement.

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Rasmus Kristensen

Rasmus Kristensen was the second player to leave via a loan clause in the summer. He took some time to get his house in order over the summer. The Dane did not leave until July 19, on the day of the club’s first summer friendly.

The 27-year-old was reunited with Robin Koch at Eintracht Frankfurt, where, to his credit, Kristensen has been superb by all accounts. An injury is the only reason why the right-back has not started all 14 Bundesliga games this term.

There has already been reports in Germany suggesting Eintracht are already convinced they want to keep Kristensen permanently next summer. Regardless of what happens then, there is no chance anything changes with this loan arrangement next month.

Sam Greenwood

Sam Greenwood has been involved in 17 of Preston North End’s 21 league games and missed three of those because of suspension. The 22-year-old had started 11 on the bounce for Paul Heckingbottom before United’s weekend visit ended that streak.

Nobody in the Championship has created more big chances (nine) than the former Sunderland trainee this season, either. He is playing regularly and impressing Heckingbottom. Daniel Farke also expressed how delighted he was for the attacker last week.

This loan will continue and Leeds can only hope he keeps increasing his value ahead of a likely summer transfer away from Elland Road.

Darko Gyabi

Like Greenwood, Darko Gyabi is playing regular football in the Championship this season. The 20-year-old has started all but four of Plymouth Argyle’s league games and seems well-liked by Wayne Rooney.

The Pilgrims’ director of football, Neil Dewsnip, recently revealed Leeds can recall Gyabi in the first week of January, if they so wish, but after that the break clause ends. Given how keen Farke has said he is to see his loan players have a full season away, it seems highly unlikely the former Manchester City midfielder is going anywhere else next month.

Sonny Perkins

Leyton Orient’s loan spell for Sonny Perkins had looked like the most unsteady of the five in the early stages of this season. However, to the 20-year-old’s credit, he appears to have turned it around for himself at Brisbane Road.

Perkins had to wait three months for a League One start, but since coming into the XI on November 9, Richie Wellens has kept him in. The forward has started nine of the last 10 in all competitions and seems to be key for the London side.

Like Gyabi, it’s likely Leeds will have the option to recall Perkins in the first week of the transfer window, but that looks distinctly unlikely on this evidence.