
According to Sky Sports’ Lyall Thomas, Leeds is one of three Championship teams interested in signing Geubbels.
Norwich and West Brom are also mentioned in the report; both teams are battling injury concerns with their starting strikers, Josh Sargent and Josh Maja, respectively.
But who is the French forward? We look at everything you need to know here.
On August 16, 2001, Geubbels was born in Villeurbanne, France, to a mother from the Central African Republic and a Dutch father. At the age of nine, the now 23-year-old began playing at Lyon’s academy.
With Geubbels making waves in French football from an early age, there was a lot of enthusiasm. Within seven years of joining Lyon’s academy, Geubbels made his first-team debut at the age of sixteen.
He made his debut in September 2017 during a 3-3 home draw against Dijon in Ligue 1. After eighty-four minutes, he replaced Lucas Tousart in the action.
At sixteen years, one month, and seven days old, Geubbels became the fifth-youngest player in history to make a Ligue 1 debut and the first player born in the twenty-first century to do so.
He followed that up shortly after when, in the 45th minute of a 1-0 Europa League away loss to Atalanta in December, Geubbels replaced an injured Maxwel Cornet. At 16 years and 113 days old, Geubbels once again made history by becoming the youngest player to debut in the UEFA Europa League and the first player born in the twenty-first century.
His early promise was marred by injury, but his potential as a forward has remained obvious, with explosive pace and flair. At that age, he could play as a winger or striker due to his electrifying pace.
He scored his first goal for the club in January 2022 in the Coupe de France against Vitré. Three weeks later, he scored again in a 4-2 league victory over Lorient. They were just two of his three goals for Nantes in 26 matches. At the end of the season, they opted not to activate the buy clause, and he returned to Monaco.
He did come away with something from that campaign, however. During his loan spell, Nantes managed to win the Coupe de France. But a player that had once previously been likened to Kylian Mbappé was yet to reach anything like close to his potential.

Since his entry onto the big stage of French football in 2017, when he became the first player born in the 21st century to appear in Ligue 1, he has struggled to find a first-team place and only played in 39 games in the French top-flight.
Somewhat of a failed wonderkid, Geubbels has had to reinvent himself in Switzerland with St. Gallen. He is able to represent numerous national teams but has so far been involved in the French youth set up from France U-16 level up to France U-19 level.
As a player, Geubbels excels with his acceleration and dribbling, making him a constant threat in wide positions.
His direct approach, ability to stretch defences, and sharp off-the-ball movement highlight his potential as a dynamic winger or more central forward. Despite his injury struggles, he still shows flashes of his early brilliance.
He has predominantly operated as a striker since moving from Monaco to the Swiss top-flight, scoring or assisting 26 goals in 74 games for his new side, including goals in the UEFA Conference League.
The 23-year-old striker has nine goals and two assists to his name in all competitions in 24/25, scoring six in the Swiss Super League this season plus two in the Conference League qualifying stage, where he played alongside Isaac Schmidt before he moved to Elland Road.
His most recent strike came over the weekend, returning from an injury setback to score against Servette in a 1-1 draw, which was his 23rd appearance of the season so far.
It’s possible that the Championship clubs keeping tabs on him are seeing more of the early signs of potential turn into tangible output.
That said, since Sky Sports’ update, both Leeds Live and the Pink Un have played down Leeds and Norwich links to the striker.
That could pave the way for Tony Mowbray and West Brom to swoop in for the centre-forward.