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Leeds United, Southampton and Leicester City men star in Championship’s most expensive starting line-up

Market value - £17m (Photo: Getty Images)
Market value - £17m (Photo: Getty Images)

The first five fixtures of the Championship season are done and Leeds United fans and players will have wanted better than the six points mustered so far this season.

Whites fans won't have imagined a return to the physical second division under new management in Daniel Farke to be easy but one win and a 15th-place position is disappointing given the squad the Yorkshire club has.

Transfermarkt holds Leeds United as the third most valuable club in the Championship and football fans will have expected the side to be competing at the top of the table, where surprise packages Preston North End and Ipswich Town currently sit.

Market value - £8.5m (Photo: Getty Images)
Market value - £8.5m (Photo: Getty Images)

However, there is still a long way to go in the season and Farke now has two weeks before the next fixture to work with his squad, barring those who have departed for international duty.

The YEP has turned to Transfermarkt to pick a starting XI of the most valuable Championship players, which features plenty of familiar Leeds United faces.

Market value - £21.3m (Photo: Getty Images)
Market value - £21.3m (Photo: Getty Images)
Market value - £17m (Photo: Getty Images)
Market value - £17m (Photo: Getty Images)
Market value - £21.3m (Photo: Getty Images)
Market value - £21.3m (Photo: Getty Images)
Market value - £21.3m (Photo: Getty Images)
Market value - £21.3m (Photo: Getty Images)
Market value - £21.3m (Photo: Getty Images)
Market value - £21.3m (Photo: Getty Images)
Market value - £18.8m (Photo: Getty Images)
Market value - £18.8m (Photo: Getty Images)
Market value - £9.4m (Photo: Getty Images)
Market value - £9.4m (Photo: Getty Images)
Market value - £12.8m (Photo: Getty Images)
Market value - £12.8m (Photo: Getty Images)
Market value - £17m (Photo: Getty Images)
Market value - £17m (Photo: Getty Images)
Leeds United have some of the league’s most valuable players (Image: Getty Images)
Leeds United have some of the league’s most valuable players (Image: Getty Images)