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✍️ EFL rules say Leeds United have until the third Saturday of May (tmrw) to inform out-of-contract players whether or not they will discuss new terms.

3️⃣ Junior Firpo, Sam Byram, and Josuha Guilavogui are the three players with expiring deals

#LUFC

https://x.com/LeedsAllOver/status/1923338809355162083

ON THIS DAY in 1973: Leeds United were robbed of European glory. Referee Christos Michas made several dubious calls in the Cup Winners' Cup final vs. AC Milan—neutrals chanted "cheat" as Milan won 1-0. Michas was later banned, but UEFA refused to overturn the result. #LUFC

https://x.com/LUFCArchive/status/1923250811439808717

Eg har ikkje sett noe, men visstnok har det sirkulert kritikk/beskyldninger og sikkert det som verre er mot Ampadu fordi det som skal være hans sønn er fotografert i en Galatasaray-drakt.

Klubben har sett seg nødt til å publisere dette:
https://www.leedsunited.com/en/news/club-statement-ethan-ampadu

The plot thickens, som en kommenterer det på twitter:

Eg har ikkje sett noe, men visstnok har det sirkulert kritikk/beskyldninger og sikkert det som verre er mot Ampadu fordi det som skal være hans sønn er fotografert i en Galatasaray-drakt.

Klubben har sett seg nødt til å publisere dette:
https://www.leedsunited.com/en/news/club-statement-ethan-ampadu

Anthony her skriver det ganske bra:
So from what i've read, Ampadu's now ex missus is Turkish, she's posted a picture of their son in a Gala kit and just tagged Ethan in it, which is stupid.

Leeds fans: "Sack Ethan, never liked him anyway, how has he let this happen."

What was he supposed to do about it? #lufc

Eg har jo sett bildene av Larry Nance jr (altså har eg skjønt at der er en senior der et sted...) men har visst fint lite om ham.

Han kommer absolutt fordelaktig ut her

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6354530/2025/05/15/larry-nance-leeds-united-owner-nba/



Han sier egentlig alle de riktige tingene, uten at det virker å være fake..

Kankje av de aller mest uvesentlige tingene som står i artikkelen, så velger eg det likevel ut

Nance used to have an assortment of Premier League jerseys, but that changed in 2023.

"There are no other English clubs in my closet anymore. I won't do that," he said. "Some of the legends like Pelé, (Lionel) Messi, and Eto'o, they get to stay. But I won't wear anything other than Leeds that's English from here on out."

31 menn i dagens tropp (inkl de på lån).

Det må frigjøres plass ved salg. Samt at noen selges av såkalte PSR-grunner, slik at vi 'får lov' til å handle flere. Det er et puslespill.

Noen spillere er helt på grensa. Skal de beholdes som squad-spillere eller skal en selge og satse på at den nye inn vil forbedre stallen...

Merker at eg stort sett er enig i Graham Smyths vurderinger...

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-news-summer-transfer-premier-league-squad-rebuild-predictions-31-players-assessed-5129318

Marseille angivelig interessert i å skaffe seg Solomon. Leeds klarer nok ikke å matche Marseille dersom de byr på han.

https://www.leedsallover.com/sky-sports-pundit-leeds-united-manor-solomon-reports/

Old news...

Apparently Marseille have denied interest in Manor Solomon.. #LUFC
https://x.com/MrROSSii1990/status/1922175907357175821

[Only the 5th winner in the clubs history; John Charles, JFH, Ross McCormack and Chris Wood the others.]

Wow, gjennom klubbens 106-årige historie har vi bare hatt fire Golden Boot-vinnere - før i år.  Det var et paradoks eg ikkje hadde klart for meg...

Only the 5th winner in the clubs history; John Charles, JFH, Ross McCormack and Chris Wood the others.

🎯 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗿𝘆!
#LUFC x
@joelmrpiroe
https://x.com/LUFC/status/1922302828049051799
@lufcstats

...ingen Allan Clarke, ingen Peter Lorimer...

Vi har allerede hørt det. Leeds satser på erfarenhet og fysikk i kommende vindu. Vi brente oss, spesielt foran nedrykkssesongen. Vi hentet gode spillere, men som eksempel Rutter slo ikke til før vi allerede hadde forlatt PL.

YEP har sett på hva nedrykkstrioen gjorde feil ved opprykket.

Newly promoted clubs spent £127 million on 12 signings from existing Premier League clubs last summer.

Kortversjonen er at dette var bortkastede penger.

Additions included the likes of Oliver Skipp, who joined Leicester City permanently from Tottenham Hotspur in a £20 million transfer and Southampton goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, who swapped Arsenal for St. Mary's Stadium in an initial £18 million deal; few can be described as success stories.

Odsonne Edouard and Maxwel Cornet joined Leicester and Southampton on loan, respectively. The former has played just 142 minutes of league football this year for the Foxes, failing to score, while Cornet's spell on the south coast was cut short in January after two outings for the Saints.

There were free transfer moves as well with Adam Lallana returning to Southampton and Bobby De Cordova-Reid signing for Leicester, but the bulk of the transfers concerned involved fees.

....
It is often suggested that a promoted team's best way of maintaining themselves in the top flight beyond their initial season back in the big time is to sign proven Premier League quality, players with knowledge of the league. On the face of it, this past season's evidence suggests business is slightly more nuanced than that.

While Leicester and Southampton added players from across Europe as well as the Premier League, Ipswich went down a more domestic route, signing several new faces from Championship clubs. It is likely to give the Tractor Boys an advantage in the second tier next season, with an immediate bounceback likely, but the Suffolk club have found themselves bested in the majority of fixtures this term.

....

Leeds' own transfer success stories in recent seasons have been varied in terms of their origin. The likes of Ao Tanaka, signed from Germany's second tier, Willy Gnonto, formerly of Swiss Super League outfit FC Zurich, and Georginio Rutter, previously of German side TSG Hoffenheim were a reflection of good European scouting on United's behalf.

Other signings such as Ethan Ampadu, Joe Rodon, Joel Piroe, Jayden Bogle and Manor Solomon (loan) have been acquired from fellow British clubs, drawing on transfer chiefs' contact books within the English game to help broker deals.

Leeds are likely to follow a similar strategy this summer, employing a hybrid approach as opposed to finding themselves solely wedded to the domestic or wider European market.

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Premier League quality will not come cheap which is perhaps why Leicester, Southampton and Ipswich may take the view they overpaid for sub-standard additions, a position shared by play-off winning Saints head coach Russell Martin. That could be where European scouting, the kind which unearthed Tanaka, comes in handy, allowing Leeds to sign players for certain positions at a lower price point than their equivalent, already established within the English game.

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Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton summer 2024 signings breakdown - league of previous club:

17: Premier League - (incl. five loans)

9: EFL Championship

2: Italian Serie A - (incl. one loan)

2: Portuguese Primeira Liga

1: Dutch Eredivisie

1: Spanish LaLiga

1: Belgian Pro League

1: EFL League One

34: Total

(4: Loans made permanent)

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Of the 34 first-team signings made by newly-promoted clubs last summer, half were Premier League players and over three-quarters were playing domestically during 2023/24. The limited few considered good signings include Mateus Fernandes, who left Sporting Clube de Portugal for Southampton and is likely to move on again this summer and Ipswich's Liam Delap who finds himself in a similar boat to the aforementioned Brazilian but had been playing in the Championship prior to this year's Premier League breakthrough.

Hardly any of the Premier League players who signed for the now-relegated trio last summer, if any at all, worked out, which could serve as a something of a cautionary tale for the Whites this summer. That is, if divisional rivals are making players available at a palatable price, there's probably a good reason for it.

However, Premier League intensity has been found to supersede that of other top European leagues, which means whilst there is value to be had on the continent, a Euro-centric reliance on recruitment may be the other side of the coin and lean too far one way. Leeds supporters know all too well the dangers of supplementing a lower-half-of-the-table squad with players lacking Premier League experience signed exclusively from abroad.

During 2022/23, Leeds made no first-team additions from fellow English clubs and come the end of the season paid the price. The Whites signed off on 10 senior arrivals over the course of two transfer windows that year and until recently found themselves encumbered with high-salary, low-impact players, some of whom were playing elsewhere on loan due to relegation escape clauses.

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Leeds United 2022/23 signings breakdown - league of previous club:

3: German Bundesliga

3: Austrian Bundesliga

1: Dutch Eredivisie

1: Swiss Super League

1: Spanish LaLiga

1: Italian Serie A

So, what will Leeds do this summer?

In summary, the club's strategy this summer is perhaps best informed by the Whites' own recent market experience and a case study of last season's promoted sides who were all but relegated with months of the season to spare. Lessons will hopefully have been learned from Leeds' last Premier League summer window but only time will tell if 'Strategy 2025' pays dividends or ultimately falls short like so many promoted teams before them.

En ting er sikkert, det er lett å feile! Og det er kostbart..

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-transfers-5126892

Gode nyheter mht gutten som falt så stygt fra et tre under feiringen.
Bl.a. så moren seg nødt til å dele opplevelsen på twitter i etterkant - det var så mange som lurte på hvordan det gikk...

Leeds United fan who fell from tree during promotion parade 'awake and communicating' - Leeds Live
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@lufc
⁩  Thank GOD !


https://x.com/DeanoLeedsU/status/1922265260196532268

32 år gone by 

On This Day: In 1993, Paul Hart's Leeds side defeated Manchester United 2-1 at Elland Road (4-1 on aggregate) to win the FA Youth Cup in front of 31,037 fans.

Jamie Forrester and Matthew Smithard were the goalscorers on the night. 🏆

http://lufcdata.com | #LUFC

DEt har kommet OM-rykter rundt Solomon.

Marseille have opened talks with Manor Solomon's agents to determine his wage demands ahead of a possible move to the south of France.
His signing has already been given the green light by manager Roberto De Zerbi - via Sky Sports reporter Sacha Tavolieri
...
Asked the very well connected
@FrazFletcher
 about this and he says 'Soloman open to talking to Leeds about a perm switch despite Marseille. He would give them the opportunity to do something as he has LOVED it'

Story to follow on
@TEAMtalk
 over lunchtime...
https://x.com/marshyleeds/status/1921872677892972905

Dette er teamtalk men som det står ovenfor, Sky meldte det først...

Apparently Marseille have denied interest in Manor Solomon.. #LUFC
https://x.com/MrROSSii1990/status/1922175907357175821

Har det noe å si om en spiller har PL-erfaring?

Svaret er vel både ja og nei. Det er ingen ulempe å ha kjent på nivået, men noen spillere 'tar' divisjonen uansett.

Anyways, Leedstroppen pr i dag (før overgangs-bonanzaen som er i vente) har 18 spillere med PL-minutter:
1. Jack Harrison
Premier League minutes: 12416 (for Leeds and also Everton).
2.  Illan Meslier
Premier League minutes: 9595.
3.  Dan James
Premier League minutes: 6509 (with Leeds, Manchester United and Fulham).

4. Pascal Struijk
Premier League minutes: 6330.
5. Patrick Bamford
Premier League minutes: 5815.
6. Karl Darlow
Premier League minutes: 4680 (With Newcastle United).
7. Sam Byram
Premier League minutes: 4099 (with West Ham and Norwich City).
8. Jayden Bogle
Premier League minutes: 3901 (with Sheffield United).
9. Junior Firpo
Premier League minutes: 3083.
10. Brenden Aaronson
Premier League minutes: 2383.

11. Ethan Ampadu
Premier League minutes: 2101 (with Sheffield United and Chelsea).
12. Willy Gnonto
Premier League minutes: 1351.
13. Max Wober
Premier League minutes: 1265.
14. Joe Gelhardt
Premier League minutes: 938.
15. Joe Rodon
Premier League minutes: 819 (with Tottenham).
16.  Sam Greenwood
Premier League minutes: 643.
17. Mateo Joseph
Premier League minutes: 24.
18. Darko Gyabi
Premier League minutes: 7.

19. Key men with none
Key first team players Joel Piroe, Ao Tanaka, Ilia Gruev and Largie Ramazani have yet to experience Premier League football in addition to Isaac Schmidt, Josuhua Guilavogui and youngsters Harry Gray, Charlie Crew, Sam Chambers and James Debayo

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-premier-league-minutes-5124226?page=1

🏆 Congratulations to Ollie Pickles who has been named #LUFCU18s 2024/25 Players Player of the Season



https://x.com/leedsutdacademy/status/1922025374789083284

[Callum Mills]

Poster det her for det er ikke utenkelig at han allerede kommende sesong vil være på U18...

🏆 Congratulations to Callum Mills who has been named #LUFCU16s 2024/25 Players Player of the Season

#LUFCYouth | #LUFC


https://x.com/leedsutdacademy/status/1922018971747827966

[The Leeds board is now made up of Evans as managing director, retail magnate Peter Lowy, chairman Paraag Marathe, Eugene Schneur and Andrew Schwartzberg ahead of the team's return to the Premier League in August.]

For the record:

The Leeds board is now made up of Evans as managing director, retail magnate Peter Lowy, chairman Paraag Marathe, Eugene Schneur and Andrew Schwartzberg ahead of the team's return to the Premier League in August.
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-angus-kinnear-everton-5123536

[and then out of the blue, about two weeks ago, he rang me at home one morning while I was sitting having a coffee.]

...Bielsa er fortsatt Bielsa     

Dere har vel lest historien om at en 'iberiansk' supportergruppe av Leeds ønsket ham som ærespresident (om det er det rette ordet). Men måten det skjer på er bare veldig Bielsa.

Martin Bland is chairman of Leeds United Iberia, an umbrella group established last year to give representation to fans living across the Iberian Peninsula.
...
And having subsequently set up and grown the Leeds United Iberia network, it was decided by the groups that they should be ambitious with their selection of an honour president. Bielsa's name topped their wishlist and a two-pronged approach was made to the Argentinian.
...
"I got in touch with Stix Lockwood [former player liason officer at Leeds United] just to see if he was still in in contact with Marcelo, which he is from time to time. So I drafted a letter to Marcelo, telling him about the group, asking if he would do the honor of representing us and passed it on to Stix who got it to Marcelo. We backed it up with a written copy that I posted to him at the Uruguayan Football Federation, and to our surprise and shock, got a reply saying, yes, he would be honored to take up the position.
...
"But he wanted a conversation first, just to fully understand what we were looking for and tell us what he needed from his side. So we waited for that to happen, and then out of the blue, about two weeks ago, he rang me at home one morning while I was sitting having a coffee. Immediately, I obviously knew who it was, and he spoke for 16 minutes - it was one of the most incredible moments of my life that Marcelo Bielsa rings me at home. He was very generous about his desire to represent us. And everybody knows that if Marcelo says something, he means it."
...
"Typical Marcelo really - we weren't allowed to publish [news of his honorary presidency] until Leeds had won promotion," Martin told the YEP.

"He said that he said around football, there are many bad people who will take any piece of news and twist it to their own agenda. And what he didn't want was that, in any way, shape or form, anybody suggested that he was interfering in what Leeds were doing, what Daniel Farke was doing. And so we were to sit on it until promotion had run its course, so that nobody could twist the message. He said, until we won promotion and I said let's just wait untill the end of the season.

(dette er utdrag), alt er her
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk//sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-news-marcelo-bielsa-2025-promotion-request-and-16-minute-phone-call-5124263

Vår første fargede spiller (og det var ikke Albert Johannesson) er død, 91 år gammel.

Leeds United's first black player Gerry Francis dies, aged 91



Det var en del medieoppslag om ham en tid tilbake - var det rundt hunderårsjubilèet?

Anyways
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk//sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-news-gerry-francis-first-black-player-dies-aged-91-5123856

DEt har kommet OM-rykter rundt Solomon.

Marseille have opened talks with Manor Solomon's agents to determine his wage demands ahead of a possible move to the south of France.
His signing has already been given the green light by manager Roberto De Zerbi - via Sky Sports reporter Sacha Tavolieri
...
Asked the very well connected
@FrazFletcher
 about this and he says 'Soloman open to talking to Leeds about a perm switch despite Marseille. He would give them the opportunity to do something as he has LOVED it'

Story to follow on
@TEAMtalk
 over lunchtime...
https://x.com/marshyleeds/status/1921872677892972905

Dette er teamtalk men som det står ovenfor, Sky meldte det først...

Det kan jo vært lurt å bruke noen pund på å ansette en trener med ansvar for dødballer.

Det var vel ikke spesielt vellykket sist vi var vokal med å gjøre noe med området

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united-news-gianni-vio-17040566

M'ener statistikken ikke viste spesielt med fremgang.

Forrige sesong (23/24) mener eg vi gjorde enorme fremskritt i løpet av sesongen på defensiv dødball. Vi slapp inn få dødballmål. Er ikke statistikken defensivt bra denne sesongen også?

After one year? Hvor mye peiling har han egentlig?

Han HADDE i alle fall peiling...

https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikk/i/1n1wrX/hvorfor-leeds-jonas-gahr-stoere

...og Leeds-Live og YEP hiver seg på 

https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/prime-minister-norway-shares-love-31141071?utm_source=app

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-prime-minister-keir-starmer-5122495

After one year? Hvor mye peiling har han egentlig?

Han HADDE i alle fall peiling...

https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikk/i/1n1wrX/hvorfor-leeds-jonas-gahr-stoere

Solomon har IGJEN takket Leeds for dette året og slått fast at han ikke aner hva som skjer.

Harry derimot hinter om hva som må skje

Harry knows #LUFC



https://x.com/lufcsnapchats/status/1921265792705867864

...når britenes statsminister møter Norges statsminister er det jo hèlt naturlig at Leeds United nevnes på pressekonferansen (og når de snakkes uformelt...).

https://x.com/10DowningStreet/status/1920924821896003819
(...men Jonas, vi var nede i TO år...)

Hehe, Stuart her minner om noe annet opprykket innebærer, vi møter noen gamle kjenninger...

Looking forward to renewing acquaintances with some old "chums" in the Premier League next season.😉We could meet up again with Sinisterra, Adams, Summerville, Gray, Rutter, Harrison & Harrison's mum.😉Who will YOU reserve your warmest "welcome" for?😊#lufc
https://x.com/McClumsy84/status/1921130418843025822

Love it

https://x.com/Diddlysquatv3/status/1920931757592924447

Sam Byram: "I've not said it to him [Farke] but he's probably saved my career in a way. The last year at Norwich and over a few seasons there, I'd had an incredible amount of injuries. For him to give me a chance to come back and be involved in something like this, I'll never be able to repay him. For me to be back at my boyhood club and be able to play and be involved, it's amazing.
"I've loved every minute. It's an incredible dressing room and staff, everyone at the club. The fans are incredible, it's been nothing but great memories, some I'll cherish forever. It's been a childhood dream of mine, and it's finally come true.
"I've not hidden my love for the club and I'd love to stay next year. They know that. Hopefully, I'm part of that, and, if not, I'll watch on and always be a supporter."

Blir han med til PL? Lønnsmessig neppe veldig dyr, men han fortsetter vel kun som supporter.

Likte denne passasjen godt
Byram first emerged as a teenager under Warnock in 2012-13. He came through the ranks with current team-mate Alex Cairns, but also Alex Mowatt, Charlie Taylor, Kalvin Phillips, Lewis Cook and Lewie Coyle.



That group are forever bonded as some of the brightest hopes the club brought through following 2004's relegation from the top flight. Byram was asked if his former colleagues had been in touch as Leeds pushed for promotion.

"They've all said they're unbelievably happy," he says. "Some of them are quite hard to get hold of now (laughs). Leeds lads, it's what you hope for. I said, 'If I'm not here next year, I'll watch every game with enjoyment'. When you come through Leeds, you follow them for the whole of your career. It's something you can't take out of yourself."

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6342503/2025/05/09/sam-byram-interview-leeds/

[Leeds v AC Milan in Dublin !! Tasty #LUFC]

...siste pre season-kamp i Dublin???

Leeds v AC Milan in Dublin !! Tasty #LUFC
...
Just some rumours through our supporters branch ! Not 100% yet but sounds like it's on the cards
...
Rumour going round with some well connected people in our supporters branch 🤷🏻�♂️ we will see
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Rumour going round on our supporters branch , don't think it's 100% yet but sounds like it's on the cards
...
Rumour on the grapevine for August 9th

https://x.com/alex_marshall97/status/1920861926344610130

LUFCDATA presenterer Leeds' 'rekorder' fra sesongen:
RECORDS: So proud to present the key records set by Leeds United across the club's title-winning 2024/25 season. 🏆📖

http://lufcdata.com | #LUFC

Tar det her, fant ikke i farten tråd om medisinmennene våre...
Men MÅTTHE poste dette

Leeds United have some amazing people working in the background,working way beyond what is expected,to insure the Whites fanbase have a special day and night come May,that is Promotion back to the Premier League.
Elise Mc Vicar has been 1 such individual,working in nutrition and diet for the well being of the players,a huge factor in the players being at full capacity every matchday.Its why #lufc out run most other teams,that and the people who work on the players fitness everyday at Thorp Arch.
Elise has been at #lufc now for over 15 months arriving from the USA. And nobody puts in as many hours with the players on diet and nutrition,and those benefits will be a huge factor come the end of this season.
#lufc
#nutrition
#dietplan
#usa

Leeds United Fans Club, Facebook

https://m.facebook.com/groups/1030364094154664/permalink/1973440209847043/?

@emmalouoldfield
I headed up to Leeds to meet @leeds united  Head of Nutrition Elise McVicar 🙌🏼

We chatted about what it's like to be a women in the game, how she got there and taste tested a player edition smoothie 🥤

https://www.tiktok.com/@emmalouoldfield/video/7479058446998916374