Hull City boss Ruben Selles has said they are yet to hold discussions with Leeds United over a permanent deal for Joe Gelhardt.

Hull City landed the attacker on loan in the January transfer window.

He has impressed with HCAFC as they look to preserve their Championship status.

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Gelhardt, 22, has made nine appearances in all competitions and has scored two goals against QPR and Plymouth Argyle.

He is due to return to Leeds United in the summer.

When asked whether talks have taken place about a possible full-time switch, Selles has said, as per a report by The Yorkshire Post: "No.

My future is tomorrow and the game on Saturday (at Bristol City).

I cannot even think about the next couple of months.

He's doing well for us but first we need to finish the job, and then we can talk about it.

"He added: "Joe can play multiple positions, even in the same game, across the front.

Some games we needed him as a winger to come in from the right, sometimes on the left just to hold the ball because we detected this was how we could relieve the pressure.

"Sometimes we used him to press a player.

He invests fully in the way we play.

He's intense, he's energetic, dynamic.

He has two components you would like in any player: he wants to play and he loves football.

"Hull City signed Gelhardt to boost their attacking department and he has done well so far.

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He is under contract at Elland Road until the summer of 2027 but he has fallen down the pecking order at LUFC.

They have a big decision to make on what to do with him when he returns later this year.

Gelhardt made the switch to the Whites back in 2020 as a youngster and has since played 57 matches altogether, finding the net on three occasions.

The ex-England youth international was loaned out to Sunderland in 2023 to get some experience under his belt and he scored three times in 20 matches for the Black Cats.

He rose up through the academy ranks at Wigan Athletic along with Charlie Hughes and Kyle Joseph and was a regular for the Latics at various different youth levels.

They then play Oxford United at home next Wednesday.

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