Ipswich Town have hit the jackpot with Leeds United transfer - He's worth millions now | OneFootball

Leif Davis has impressed since departing Elland Road for Portman Road.

It was very rare that a young talent who was brought to Leeds United under Marcelo Bielsa failed to live up to expectations.

Leif Davis may not have been able to understand his potential whilst at Elland Road, but his performances throughout his time at Ipswich Town have most definitely shown why the Argentinian boss had high hopes for him.

The creative left-back arrived at Portman Road for an undisclosed fee in 2022, with the East Anglian Times understanding that the Tractor Boys paid "a seven-figure fee" for the Newcastle native.

However, with less than 12 months left on his Leeds contract at the time of signing for Ipswich, the likelihood is that this fee is towards the lower end of the seven-figure estimate.

Now, his value is a lot higher, and if Davis ever chooses to depart the club, the Tractor Boys will look poised to bring in a healthy profit for the 25-year-old.

Leif Davis didn't quite make the grade at Leeds United - presence of Whites cult hero played its part

Having signed for Leeds in 2018 from Morecambe, Davis quickly became one of the most promising young players on the club's books at the time.

He would initially spend the majority of his first season at Elland Road in the club's academy system, where he would regularly turn heads for Carlos Corberan's Under-23 side.

Over the following two seasons, however, Davis' first-team opportunities remained severely limited. That was understandable at the time though, as ahead of him in the pecking order were the likes of Barry Douglas, and Leeds United cult hero, Ezgjan Alioski.

Therefore, in his first three seasons with the Whites, Davis would make just 11 first-team appearances, before heading out on loan to then-Championship side Bournemouth for the 2021/22 season.

He would return to Elland Road now at the stage of his career where he was beginning to outgrow academy football, and needed to be playing regular senior minutes in order to really kickstart his professional career.

As such, he was sold to Ipswich Town in the summer of 2022, and the rest, they say, is history.

Davis' remarkable Ipswich Town run

Despite suffering relegation in 2024/25, Davis has proven that he is good enough to play in the Premier League - a remarkable feat given that just two years before his first top-flight season, he was lining out in the third tier.

The 25-year-old was immediately recognised as one of the more important cogs in Kieran McKenna's system, and his creative prowess shone under the former Manchester United coach, racking up 14 assists in the 2022/23 League One campaign - the most in the division.

Then, in Ipswich's 2023/24 Championship promotion season, Davis once again topped the assist charts from left-back, racking up an impressive 18.

Those freakish numbers understandably slowed in the Premier League, but the former Leeds United man progressed from League One into a top-flight footballer with relative ease.

Leif Davis' current estimated value

Unsurprisingly, Leif Davis' current value, whilst just an estimate, will dwarf that of what he signed for Ipswich Town.

Fotmob values Leif Davis at €10 million, which is equivalent to £8.3 million. Whilst this would represent profit, Ipswich fans will likely be wanting their club to wait for improved offers too.

FLW's Ipswich Town fan pundit, Adam Wilkin, claimed that the left-back could be worth between £20-£25 million in the summer following their relegation to the Championship.

Davis was among those touted for a maiden England call-up by certain fans a few months into the 2024/25 Premier League season, albeit never materialising.

Regardless, given how little Davis cost Ipswich, his role in the side's back-to-back promotions from League One into the Premier League and then into England conversations represents one of the modern-day bargains in football.