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title: "Exclusive: Carlton Palmer tips Ezgjan Alioski to sign a new contract and stay at Leeds"
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published: "2021-06-09T05:00:00Z"
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# Exclusive: Carlton Palmer tips Ezgjan Alioski to sign a new contract and stay at Leeds

**Former Leeds United midfielder Carlton Palmer has told [The Transfer Tavern](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/) in an exclusive interview that he expects Ezgjan Alioski to remain at Elland Road this summer.**

Alioski’s contract is up at the end of the month and it had looked like he was on his way out of the Yorkshire club, [with Galatasaray heavily linked](https://www.teamtalk.com/news/gjanni-alioski-leeds-galatasaray-transfer-talks-end-three-reasons-revealed).

However, according to [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/leeds-united-alioski-offer-twist/), Leeds have offered the 29-year-old a new and improved offer as they desperately try to keep hold of him.

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It is all still a bit up in the air at the moment, but Palmer is tipping Alioski to eventually put pen to paper on a new deal and extend his stay at Elland Road.

*“You don’t want to lose any of your good players,”* the ex-Leeds star said as he discussed Alioski’s future. *“The problem that you’ve got, though, is the players get their heads turned by agents who are always touting their players around.*

*“Obviously \[Marcelo\] Bielsa wants to keep him and I’m sure they’ll reach an agreement. If the player wants to stay, they’ll reach an agreement.”*

It is not hard to see why Bielsa wants to retain the services of the North Macedonia international.

In the season that has just gone, Alioski missed just [two](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ezgjan-alioski/leistungsdaten/spieler/129604) Premier League games and was used in more than one position by Bielsa, showing his importance to the side.