John Watson

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Leeds United U18
21 Aug 2028
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Process

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The Leeds United Courier

20 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Only the photograph left for Wilfried Gnonto

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Wilfried Gnonto will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Leeds United the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Player ratings

Gabriel Gudmundsson goes up and wins it — 7.51

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.51 for the rest of it.

Match

No end in sight to Leeds United's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Leeds United has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

A quiet fortnight at Leeds United

With 10 players away on international duty the sessions are small and the manager can actually hear himself. It is the one break in the season, and it never quite feels like one.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Leeds United

The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Market

One of our own: James Edwards joins the Leeds United first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. James Edwards is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Leeds United promote Charles Cooper from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Charles Cooper 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.

Market

John Watson steps up from the Leeds United academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. John Watson 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.

Squad

Words at Leeds United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gabriel Gudmundsson 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.

In brief