The Leeds United Courier
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Too dear: Leeds United walk away from Samu Aghehowa
$27.0M was the most the club would pay and Porto 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
Jayden Bogle has said yes to Burnley
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Leeds United have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Fotis Ioannidis
Leeds United asked and Sporting CP said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Leeds United
2 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market17 Aug 2026
Leeds United promote Jack Grant from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jack Grant 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 Jonathan Murphy from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jonathan Murphy 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Leeds United
Devon Brockie was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market17 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Leeds United and Joe Rodon
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
No investment in the facilities at Leeds United
Nothing about this will be in a press release. A plan went upstairs, came back rejected, and the version of the club that would have existed in three years' time just quietly stopped being possible.
In brief
- Looking ahead Harry Wilson faces his old club
- Squad A season on the outside for Nico Elvedi
- Looking ahead An away day at Fulham next for Leeds United