The Leeds United Courier
Boardroom28 May 2035
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Leeds United
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad28 May 2035
76 days out for Denys Hryshkevych after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Leeds United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market28 May 2035
Matías Canedo is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Leeds United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market28 May 2035
Micah Olabiyi asks to leave Leeds United
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad28 May 2035
Words at Leeds United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nicolò Zaniolo 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.
Market28 May 2035
Adam Lawrence steps up from the Leeds United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Adam Lawrence 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.
Market28 May 2035
Leeds United promote Stephen Cooper from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stephen 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.
The dugout28 May 2035
The manager makes an example of Ivan Ivaschenko
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad28 May 2035
Words exchanged at Leeds United
João Goulart and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
In brief
- The dugout Nicolò Zaniolo knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Leeds United
- Boardroom Leeds United keep producing them