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...se opp for en innbytter hos sveitserne i kveld - skal være bra nå som han ikke er persona non grata for treneren lenger.

Illan takker av - og Barry og Billy gir respons

Stakkars Gudmundsson. Først er han ute med strekk i fem uker, og såå blir han sjuk.
Mandag er deres første kamp.

Aftonbladet added that Gudmundsson would be a 'given' in the starting-XI against Tunisia if he can recover from illness.

"Everyone is in training except Gabriel who is still at the hotel," they told Aftonbladet. "He is still in a bad state. I can't answer [whether his situation has improved]. I'm not the team's doctor.

"We don't go into the health of individual players. He keeps to himself like you do when you're in a bad way. He has mild symptoms of illness. I won't go into what it is."

The Swedish outlet also relayed quotes from Gudmundsson's teammate Hjalmar Ekdal, who said: "We haven't received much information about how serious it is. He's probably in a bad way and isolated as much as he can."
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-gabriel-gudmundsson-illness-sweden-world-cup-8687509

DM på waccoe sier at vi ikke er interessert i ham - kun agentsnakk

Fortsatt uvisse mht Pascal.
Samme poster:
. Yep. Brighton bid for Struijk in the last week of August. They might come back in but haven't yet.
- I saw they were after Cresswell so maybe they've moved on. Hopefully there's an resolution either way with Struijk soon.
- Him moving on this sumer was a given untill recently, but I think he probably does still leave
- It's a difficult market, I think e's probably par with him. The plan is to try get Struijk tied down to a new deal
- Willing to stake it all that  Krecji is our top LCB option if Struijk leaves

Blow for Japan, men bra for Aos sjanser til spill i VM:

#LUFC's Ao Tanaka's chances of minutes at this World Cup just increased significantly.
If Ao has a strong tournament it will be good for club and player.
Sitat
Fabrizio Romano
🚨🇯🇵 BREAKING: Wataru Endo has been ruled out of the World Cup due to injury.
Shuto Machino will be the replacement.
https://x.com/theadelites/status/2065132637992169725?s=20

Bernardo Silva er nå free agent...Jeg sier ikke mer.

Tja, Fabrizio:
🚨💣 BREAKING: Real Madrid sent official proposal to Bernardo Silva, advanced talks to try sign the midfielder.

Deal underway with Mourinho pushing and Real confident to anticipate Barça & Atlético.

He's a priority for JM, as  @jfelixdiaz reports.
https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/2065111195539911125?s=20

Nå har også BBC havet seg på 'Diomande til Leeds'-bølgen.

Leeds United want to break their transfer record to sign Ivory Coast defender Ousmane Diomande from Sporting, with an offer of up to £35m and another £8m in add-ons. (Mirror)
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ce371zx8zdko

Høyrebeint men har grei venstrefot. Men har bare ett år igjen av kontrakten så klarer de å få så mye for ham???

Ingen Leeds ITK'ere har nevnt noe rundt ham.

DM på waccoe sier at vi ikke er interessert i ham - kun agentsnakk

Nå har også BBC havet seg på 'Diomande til Leeds'-bølgen.

Leeds United want to break their transfer record to sign Ivory Coast defender Ousmane Diomande from Sporting, with an offer of up to £35m and another £8m in add-ons. (Mirror)
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ce371zx8zdko

Høyrebeint men har grei venstrefot. Men har bare ett år igjen av kontrakten så klarer de å få så mye for ham???

Ingen Leeds ITK'ere har nevnt noe rundt ham.

Han siste der må være sønnen til The Joker. 

Freddie Lane kan vi fort høre mye om fremover.. Debuterte for U21 da han var 16 tror jeg. 18 nå, 10 kamper i PL2, ett mål. Type offensiv høyreback-.

✍️ Congratulations to #LUFCU18s players Will Firth, Josh Hamilton, Luke Matykiewicz, Jack Morris, Jacob Render & Freddie Lane who have been offered their first professional contract

#LUFCYouth | #LUFC




https://x.com/leedsutdacademy/status/2064667671241642053?s=20

Everton går inn i sesongen (og transfervinduet) med en brukbar økonomisk smekk som følge av økonomisk juks og søksmål fra Burnley.

https://www.nettavisen.no/sport/everton-palagt-a-betale-over-440-millioner-kroner-til-burnley-etter-regelbrudd/s/5-95-3086795

Det er i alle fall noe.

Det skrives at Leeds også vurderte søksmål mot Everton i de tider. Senere ble det rapportert at man hadde blitt enige om en 'minnelig ordning' eller noe sånt i stedet (sikkert et mindre beløp).

De frigitte er da  offentliggjort, uten at det var store overraskelser der. Kanskje mest at man forhandler fortsatt med Byram mht ny kontrakt (i tillegg til Darlow/Cairns)...

Men positive toner fra en av fjorårets ITK på waccoe:
Any movement on any other deals?

Nothing imminent but the noises are positive on Harry Wilson, we're the favourites for him now

oppfølgingsspr/svar er kanskje også interessant
Signing on a free is far and away the main positive. We don't need loads of signings this summer and that position is where we should be going big rather than looking to save money to spend elsewhere for me
........
That's not how the club see it, they've always had Wilson down as a great option for RW. PL experience, set piece taker, hard worker, consistent level and Farke is a big fan.

There will be another winger/10 type in but that might come further down the line

Det dukker stadig opp nye ting rundt Elland Road:

Bielsa wall is coming along nicely #lufc

https://x.com/wayneleedsfan/status/2064394880185409988?s=20

Darlow til Scum?


Ben Jacobs
@JacobsBen
Karl Darlow is an option for Manchester United as they search for a back-up goalkeeper, as @TheAthleticFC called.

Darlow's Leeds United contract expires this summer, although Leeds are trying to extend his current deal.

As reported, Manchester United keen to add another keeper.


auren

Greien med Darlow er vel at hvis det er snakk om 2.keeperrolle vil Tottenham/ManU kunne tilby bedre lønn. Det er vel attraktivt for de klubbene at han karakteriseres som homegrown også. Men hvis Darlow, landslagskeeperen, øyner en fortsatt førstekeeperrolle er vel Leeds mer attraktiv - større sjanse for å utkonkurrere en førstekeeper også der. Det har han klart i to sesonger på rad nå. Samt at halve førsteelleveren er i den walisiske landslagstroppen. 

Det handler vel om hvilke signaler Darllow får fra klubben.

Sånne overganger skjønner jeg ikke. Hvis dette er et supertalent hvorfor slipper Man H han da? Det skurrer. Det er jo ALDRI noen sånne overganger som slår til, men be my guest...hilsen grumpy-old-man

De slipper ham jo ikke 

En kan først skrive profesjonell kontrakt med en spiller når han fyller 17 år.
Det er ved dette tidspunktet Silva Mexes vil skrive under for Leeds, sier rapporten.

Ellers, her er noen kommentarer om ham fra engelske fans:
- I'm almost sure they were raving about him a while back.
- Ye he's meant to be class. Very amusing he's decided to come here over them scum cunts.
- He hasn't played for their U19s in months, wants game time.
- That's because he knew we were interested and couldn't bring himself to play for the scum cunts again

...og det bringer jo samtalen over på Edward Ibrovic-Fletcher, som kom til oss fra samme klubb i februar (serbisk landslagsspiller men født i Leeds, se postinger fra rundt februar):
- I know his dad - and uncle. Both massive Leeds fans. It gutted his dad that he had to drive him round everywhere as a youngster for the benefit of scum (but i guess we'd all do it for own kids). He was picked up at a really age by Leeds, but apparently was just too good for us at the time. No one else in his age group could live with him

...vi fortsetter å hente fra lokale klubber rundt oss

Leeds United are set to sign 16 year-old winger Silva Mexes from Manchester United.👀✍️

Mexes will sign his scholarship with Leeds before signing his first professional contract once he turns 17 early next year.✅

He will be joining the U18 and U21 age groups from next season. An unbelievable signing for Leeds and definitely a player to look out for.👏⏳

https://x.com/TalentHunter/status/2064078252281315629?s=20

Ampadu med ny kontrakt har møtt pressen:
Ethan Ampadu returned to Elland Road to speak to the media about his new #lufc contract today.

🇩🇪 'Everyone wants' Farke to continue
🥵 Proud to represent hard-working city
🇪🇺 European end goal
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Pitching to Harry Wilson and more
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7341993/2026/06/08/ethan-ampadu-daniel-farke-leeds-contract/?unlocked_article_code=1.olA.OH4t.zX-qZwIWM1Zu&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-ethan-ampadu-wales-harry-wilson-fulham-daniel-farke-8663521

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-harry-wilson-fulham-raul-jimenez-8663649

https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/ethan-ampadu-quizzed-selling-leeds-34084720

waccoe-insider - samme navnene som ble nevnt for en drøy uke siden (men tydeligvis ikke noe  ...langt fremskredet):
He's not re-signing for Fulham.
We still have a good shot at Wilson, he's an option along with Georgi and one or two others

Valuert? 🤔😁

...i farten 'norskifiserer' man det engelske ordet

Kom an, du forstod 

Brenda Reader - kvinnen bak "Football in a Yorkshire Rose".
Cred!

1984, Brenda Reader won a competition in the Yorkshire Evening Post to design a new badge for Leeds United with the football in a Yorkshire Rose design.

https://x.com/leeds_snippets/status/2061857115937890479?s=20

En ny generasjon trenere kommende sesong (men mye erfaring likevel)...


https://x.com/ErlingProp/status/2063562745803334063?s=20

Hva kan vi forvente å få for Gelhardt tro? Kun ett år igjen av kontrakten. Kan vel ikke være så mye mer enn 5-6 millioner pund?

auren


I utgangspunktet bør vi vel være råfornøyde med å få den summen, og bli kvitt en uforholdsmessig høy lønn. Men Hull vil nok virkelig ha ham, og hvis Rangers er interessert kan vi få en overraskende god deal.

Leste for en tid tilbake at Leeds hadde valuert ham til ca £3m - men det var før han hadde 19 målpoeng på en sesong i Championship.

Det skal også sies at Hull ikke har mye de kan bruke på kjøp kommende sesong (visstnok)

[So does Artificial Intelligence see it? Ahead of the new season, we asked Google Ask Gemini how it thought the final table would look and why and here are the results.]

På denne tiden i fjor leverte Kasper Wikestad en imponerende tidlig-tipping av 25/26-slutt-tabellen (Leeds på 15.plass). Kasper er nok opptatt av VM nå men AI har alltids tid.

YEP har sjekket:
So does Artificial Intelligence see it? Ahead of the new season, we asked Google Ask Gemini how it thought the final table would look and why and here are the results.
1. Arsenal
2. Man City
3. Liverpool
4. Man United
5. Chelsea
6. Aston Villa
7. Newcastle United
8. Tottenham H
9. Brighton &HA
10.Bournemouth
11.Brentford
12.Everton
13.Fulham
14.Crystal Palace
15.Leeds United
16.Nottingham Forest
17.Sunderland
18.Ipswich Town
19.Coventry City
20.Hull City

Begrunnelsen mht Leeds ble:
Gemini says: "Expected to struggle early but should have enough quality to stay afloat."

15.plass i år to med større avstand til nedrykksstriden er på et vis å ta et nytt steg mot å bli et etablert PL-lag. En kan se seg blind på at det er et steg tilbake fra årets 14.plass men det var jo i overkant av hva vi kunne forvente i år 1.

...så er det jo håpløst å forutsi slikt uten å vite lagenes avganger/tilganger. Men man aner deres finansielle posisjon og kan forutsi litt ut i fra det.

Men, gitt at vi sesongen gjennom har grei klaring til nedryksstreken er jeg ikke negativ til en slik plassering. Men jo, eg hååper jo at vi beholder den defensive styrken og klarer å adde  offensivt. I så måte minner eg om at vi (og tre andre lag) kom på delt 6.plass på 'andre halvdel'-tabellen. Akkurat dèn kan gi håp om at vi kjører rett inn i Europacup-diskusjonen kommende sesong.

Time will tell.

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-sunderland-nottingham-forest-fulham-artificial-intelligence-google-ask-gemini-8661650?page=3

[NYE PUNTER]

NYE PUNTER


HER kan vi ha en ny spiller som markerer seg tidlig!

U14 winger Nye Punter has ended the season with 68 G/A in 49 games.🤯⚽️🅰�
He played for Leeds United's U14 and U15 age groups this season and even made his U16 debut in February against Sheffield Wednesday.✨

Nye can play on both wings and as an attacking midfielder.✅
Scoring 38 goals and providing 30 assists - what a season it's been for him.👀👏
https://x.com/TalentHunter/status/2062995882195456302?s=20

Pope ryktes igjen. Er han egentlig noe bedre enn Darlow? Hadde vel ikke den beste sesongen nå.

Yorkshire Post Sport
@YPSport
Newcastle United goalkeeper Nick Pope on Leeds United's radar amid Ipswich Town 'talks'


auren

Yorkshire Post (utgis fra Sheffield) har blitt helt kokos i hvilke rykter de gjengir denne sommeren.  (Dette skriver eg ikkje mht Pope-ryktet selv om vi ikke lenger ser på ham som aktuell men de har hatt noen veldig lite sannsynlige navn fremme...).

Helt siden april har det gjentatte ganger blitt publisert at Tottenham er interessert i Darlow. Nå har jo kontrakten hans med Leeds gått ut på dato og han kan gjøre som han vil...



Tottenham betaler kanskje mer... Er han forespeilet andrekeeperrolle (også) i Leeds, vanskelig å vite.


Nå senest i dag: (kilden ikke den beste)
Heard Karl Darlow is in advanced talks to sign for Spurs.🧤
https://x.com/thelittlemans/status/2062863132087722154?s=20

Spørsmålet er jo hvilke signaler har Leeds fått fra Trafford evt andre keepere vi er ute etter...

...jepp, du så det du også. Den lokalen karen i 'videoen' (den fra lanseringen av bortedrakten), det vàr Anton, sant

Nyyydelige bilder










Hentet fra LUFC Legacy på Facebook.

Mht Leeds og VM - Adonis Storr har gjort jobben for oss:


Adonis Storr
@theadelites


Leeds have four players heading to the tournament in the US, Canada & Mexico this summer:

• Gabriel Gudmunsson (Sweden)
• Ao Tanaka (Japan)
• Brenden Aaronson (USA)
• Noah Okafor (Switzerland)

Key Dates (UK BST):

Sweden
Monday 15th June 3am v Tunisia
Saturday 20th June 6pm v Romania
Friday 26th June 12am (midnight) v Japan

Japan
Sunday 14th June 9pm v Netherlands
Sunday 21st June 5am v Tunisia
Friday 26th June 12am (midnight) v Sweden

USA
Saturday 13th June 2am v Paraguay
Friday 19th June 8pm v Australia
Friday 26th June 3am v Turkey

Switzerland
Saturday 13th June 8pm v Qatar
Thursday 18th June 8pm v Bosnia & Herzegovina
Wednesday 24th June 8pm v Canada

How #LUFC's players fit into their national sides

Gabriel Gudmundsson – Sweden – coach: Graham Potter

Gabi is still struggling for fitness but is slated to start for Sweden in their left wing-back position if fit and he started the last two competitive games in March.

His competition for the role is Daniel Svensson who has been a regular for Borussia Dortmund this season. Svensson featured in a 3-1 loss to Norway - their World Cup warm up match - and didn't overly impress.

Sweden play a counter-attacking 3-4-3 not too dissimilar to how Leeds ended up playing after switching base formation in December last year.

Should he be fit, look out for Gudmundsson's interplay with Alexander Isak (Liverpool) on Sweden's left flank, as well as crosses into Viktor Gyokeres (Arsenal).

Ao Tanaka – Japan – coach: Hajime Moriyasu

Ao is expected to be on the bench. He seems to be currently behind central midfielders; Wataru Endo (Liverpool), Kaishu Sano (Mainz) and Daichi Kamada (Crystal Palace).

Japan play a 3-4-2-1 quite like #LUFC which should really suit Ao and I expect he will get minutes given the heat, his work rate; and the potential for extra time as I do think that Japan will get out of their group.

Brenden Aaronson – USA – coach: Mauricio Pochettino

Aaronson has been an unused substitute in 2 out of the 3 friendlies the US have played going into this tournament.

Across the 3 games he played just 11 minutes of their 2-0 loss to Portugal.

Brenden last played a full-90 minutes for the States in October 2024 - and although he did feature in games against Australia, Paraguay and Uruguay in October and November last year - I am doubtful about how much he will contribute in the tournament.

Noah Okafor – Switzerland – coach: Murat Yakin

Noah has fought his way back into the Swiss setup after falling out with coach Yakin after being an unused substitute for the whole of Euro 2024.

Due to fitness concerns, Noah wasn't risked in Switzerland's recent warm up game against Jordan, but he may feature in their final friendly before the tournament when the Swiss play Australia in San Diego on Saturday at 8pm.

Switzerland are an exciting team to watch and have developed a consistent style over the last few years under Yakin.

Okafor will fight for the left-wing role where Switzerland have also deployed Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest) and Ruben Vargas (Sevilla).

Final thoughts

The most interesting fixture from an #LUFC perspective is the third match in the 'group of death' Group F, where Gabriel Gudmundsson's Sweden will face Ao Tanaka's Japan.

I think it very likely the qualification destiny of those teams will still hang in the balance at that stage.

The best eight of the 12 third-placed teams will also qualify for the round of 32 in the tournament – meaning in tight groups there will still be the need to get points even in the final group game – lowering the chances of fringe players playing from the start.

Barring injuries, I expect Gudmundsson to feature the most, Tanaka second, and potentially Okafor and then Aaronson.

I do think squad's will be fully utilised due to very hot temperatures and the potential for extra time in the later rounds, so there's a chance all Leeds' players could at least get some minutes.

[What's your approach to the academy? What is your approach looking forward to the under-21s or the under-18s?]

...fra intervjuet med Paraag:
What's your approach to the academy? What is your approach looking forward to the under-21s or the under-18s?

PM: "I talked to Daniel about this just the other day, and I talk to Robbie and Adam about it all the time, but for a club like us, there's no doubt that for us to be competitive and sustainable, we've got to be able to churn out young players.

"Whether it's through the academy or finding them somewhere else and signing them and developing them. I don't want to praise individual certain other clubs, but there are clubs that have done a great job of staying sustainable and very competitive by doing just that.

"And we're not in the category where we can just throw and splash money around, and if we splash money at one player, if it doesn't work out, don't worry, just splash money again at the same position. We don't have the luxury of being able to miss like that. And so we have to be really good at developing young players. And you know the recent history, we haven't had those jumps of players [come through].

"But you've got young Harry Gray that's chomping at the bit to come in. You've got other guys. You've got Jayden [Lienou]. So we've got young players, but no doubt we need more and we need to develop them. And developing them means they've got to play, too. They've got to get minutes."

[Howard Wilkinson 412David O'Leary 203Simon Grayson 169Marcelo Bielsa 170.]

Daniel Farke will reach 150 games as Leeds United manager in game 2 next season. Only 5 managers have done this in the last 40 years!
Howard Wilkinson 412
David O'Leary 203
Simon Grayson 169
Marcelo Bielsa 170.
@lufcstats