The Leeds United Courier
Squad17 Aug 2026
Sam Byram damages knee ligaments — 115 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 115 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market17 Aug 2026
Leeds United sell Illan Meslier for $11.0M
Illan Meslier has left for Monaco in a $11.0M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Market17 Aug 2026
Business is business: Charlie Crew goes
Middlesbrough paid $3.2M and Leeds United took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Jaka Bijol in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Leeds United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Leeds United
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Leeds United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mauricio Amaro is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Facundo Buonanotte
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market17 Aug 2026
Leeds United promote Stephen Bailey from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stephen Bailey has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Leeds United promote Christopher Green from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Christopher Green has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Noah Okafor
- Squad Lamine Guèye signs a new deal
- Player ratings Facundo Buonanotte was the difference for Leeds United