The Leeds United Courier
Squad17 Aug 2026
Isaac Bridge damages knee ligaments — 26 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 26 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $30.3M for Bae Jun-Ho
Leeds United have gone to Stoke City with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Too dear: Leeds United walk away from Prince Adu Kwabena
$29.1M was the most the club would pay and Viktoria Plzen were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Leeds United bring in Cucho Hernández from Betis for the long haul
A squad is not eleven players and a wish. Cucho Hernández arrives from Betis to make the number up properly, and the value of that will be argued about in March rather than today.
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.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Leeds United spend $38.3M on the signing the town wanted
It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $38.3M for Cucho Hernández, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: David Atkinson joins the Leeds United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Atkinson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Michael Walker joins the Leeds United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Michael Walker is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Leeds United promote Samuel Green from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Samuel 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
- Squad Tempers go at Leeds United
- Squad The formation has left Cucho Hernández behind
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Leeds United