The Leeds United Courier
Squad20 Sep 2027
Ethan Ampadu says Leeds United went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match18 Sep 2027
The wait goes on for Leeds United
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Real improvement from Wilfried Gnonto at Leeds United
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Wilfried Gnonto is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Player ratings20 Sep 2027
Brenden Aaronson runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad20 Sep 2027
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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Noah Okafor falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match18 Sep 2027
3 matches without a goal for Leeds United
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Match18 Sep 2027
Leeds United come up short against West Ham United
West Ham United left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market20 Sep 2027
The shop window has Iván Pomba in it
Leeds United have let the market know Iván Pomba can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
In brief
- Market Joe Bhaskaran leaves for nothing
- Market Jason Pearson leaves for nothing
- Boardroom Leeds United keep producing them