The Leeds United Courier
Match21 Aug 2027
Leeds United make home a hard place to visit
19 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Lucas Fernandes
64 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Leeds United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market23 Aug 2027
Heinz Lindner hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Leeds United can pretend not to have heard.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Real improvement from Mateo Joseph at Leeds United
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Mateo Joseph is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Jaka Bijol signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jaka Bijol commits to Leeds United for another 4 years.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Christian Nørgaard 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.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
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.
Market23 Aug 2027
The Sean Longstaff conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Sheffield will make the call about Sean Longstaff this week. Leeds United have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Market23 Aug 2027
David Morgan steps up from the Leeds United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Morgan has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Robert Bell steps up from the Leeds United academy
- Match A bad afternoon for Leeds United against Fulham
- Player ratings Noah Okafor runs at them all day