As you say, lot's of "ifs and buts", however (that's just a posh "but"!), the same applies were he to leave for one of the big 6, or to a European club. Nothing guaranteed, many players who have shone at one club leave to savour the green grass elsewhere, only to languish in reserve sides, or endlessly warming the bench.

I know a footballers career is a short one (even if fully fit throughout), and making sure there are funds to support a comfortable life after football is a high priority, but at this stage of Raphina career, I would suggest being a big fish in a small pool will generate greater exposure and opportunity, so that even if he was to leave eventually, there are at least another 18 months (so the remainder of this and the whole of next season) where he can be that "big fish" at Leeds. Depends on whether he and his agent can look beyond their nose ends I suppose.