Good Morning. It's Thursday 15th September, and here are the latest headlines from Elland Road Winger has played his last game for Leeds Football journalist Dean Jones has insisted that Dan James' time at Leeds Utd has come to an end. James, 24, never quite made the grade at Elland Road following his £25m move from Manchester Utd last Summer, and packed him off to Fulham on loan twelve months later. Although Leeds are believed to have received a hefty loan fee from the Cottagers, they are expected to make a loss on the Welsh International, especially when you take into account the sell on fee Manchester Utd have. “This isn’t looking for him to improve. This is looking to get him out of the squad, so I think Dan James and Leeds, that story seems to be over now.” please log in to view this image Threat of relegation caused LUFC hierarchy to cancel end of season party Due to the threat of relegation last season, Leeds did not hold their traditional end of season dinner, nor did they hand out a 'player of the year award'. The first team squad, and coaches, did however receive a bonus of £48m for staying in the top flight, with the majority of the hand out going to the senior players. If truth be told, and injuries aside, most players under performed, begging the question whether they deserved the bonus, just for doing their jobs! "Leeds didn’t hand out a POTY award last season or hold their traditional dinner. They decided that because relegation was so much of a threat, awards weren’t something they wanted to get distracted by. Unusual, but in the circumstances you can see why they felt that way." please log in to view this image Leeds set to be hit with hefty JKA payout Elland Road journalist Phil Hay has revealed that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is still in the process of calculating how much of the £18m, Leeds should pay back to RB Leipzig for the services of Jean Kevin Augustin. Although expected, this will come as a major headache for the Leeds Utd hierarchy; who were hoping to avoid payment, due to a loophole regarding dates their lawyers had found. Having spent what seemed like an eternity chasing Che Adams, Leeds finally turned their attention to JKA, and with only a few days of the Winter transfer window remaining (anyone else feeling a touch of daja vu), agreed to take the former PSG man on loan, and make the move permanent should the Whites win promotion, which of course they did. Unfortunately, JKA turned out to possess as much talent as a dead tortoise, and within weeks, regretted their decision. According to Hay:- "The last contact I had from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) was on July 5. The email indicated the award was “being drafted” and said: “It is not possible to predict how long that process will take, so at this time we are unable to advise as to when the final decision will be announced.” Since then, no further news. As for Augustin, he’s at FC Basel in Switzerland." please log in to view this image
Morning all the longer the fat kev case goes on the better. Maybe they will try and make us pay a reduced fee. I think leeds should not pay for damaged goods and should take it further if possible.
Morning all James having played his last game. I'd say that he has a great chance to play for us again, I'd like to say he won't as that would mean Jesse is in charge next season and that would in turn mean we did well this season. If Jesse doesn't see the season out there is every chance the new coach would want him back. JKA - I hope Radz kicked someone's backside over this, someone didn't do their job properly over him joining. We were in the wrong, we made a mistake, and we should have paid, saying that he should have been our player and he still would have had some kind of value so it's tricky
If Marsch isn’t around it might mean we’ve been in a relegation battle again and nobody want to see that
Willie Gnonto will join Cooper, Ayling, Firpo, Bamford in the 21s tomoz at ER. All will play some part
I think that we are overdue a couple of decent first team players coming through our academy by now. It doesn't seem the likes of Greenwood and Gelhardt have made it yet, especially when you see other clubs field 19, 20 and 21 yo regulars who have come through their ranks.
They picked a really young team to play tranmere yesterday in the papa john trophy. You’d think a game against a ‘man’s team’ might have been a better time to blood him rather than v another u21s team.
Seems strange to talk about Archie Gray signing scholarship contract Club announce 10 players who have signed scholarship terms. Leeds United are proud to announce that 10 players have agreed scholarship terms with the club, all signing two-year deals with the academy. Alongside developing their footballing ability at Thorp Arch, a scholarship with the Whites academy also offers a variety of educational programmes including the BTEC diploma and A Levels, to help extend their skillset both on and off the pitch. The following players have now signed scholarship terms: • Charlie Crew • Oscar Dawber • Connor Douglas • Archie Gray • Reuben Lopata-White • Rory Mahady • Max McFadden • Joseph Richards • Daniel Toulson • Marley Wilson Everyone at the club wishes our new scholars well as they begin, or continue with, their Leeds United journey within our academy.
