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Leeds United 3-1 Burnley: Anton Stach, Noah Okafor and Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored the goals that all but secured Leeds’ Premier League place next season Richard Jolly at Elland Road The day after one promotion specialist of a manager departed, his survival mission ending in failure, another celebrated the greatest achievement of his career. Scott Parker is gone, but Daniel Farke has confounded many a doubter. A three-time winner of the Championship has kept Leeds up with three games to go. And if it is not a mathematical certainly, no team has ever gone down with 43 points in a 38-game Premier League season. The choruses of “we are staying up” felt the safest of predictions. Farke restricted himself to saying: “Forty-three points is good.” But this has been a triumph of him and of recruitment. It felt fitting that three summer signings scored for Leeds. Anton Stach and Noah Okafor arrived for £17m apiece, Dominic Calvert-Lewin on a free transfer that may render him the signin...

Leeds 3-1 Burnley: Daniel Farke's side take HUGE step towards securing Premier League survival after moving nine points clear of the drop zone with victory over relegated Clarets By ROSS HEPPENSTALL 'United are back, United are back’ chorused a jubilant Elland Road as Leeds all but secured their place at English football’s top table. For a club who have spent just four seasons in the Premier League during the past 22 years, that is not something to be sniffed at. A dominant victory over relegated Burnley moved Daniel Farke’s side to 43 points, above Newcastle and nine points clear of Tottenham, albeit having played a game more. No side has gone down with that many points in the Premier League era, yet Farke said: ‘We’ll celebrate once it’s mathematically done. ‘But I don’t want to stop on 43 points because we’re in such good shape so let’s keep going. I’m so proud of my players. Our mentality, work ethic and unity is second to none. Staying up would be a massive ach...

Ramazani has been in good form for Valencia during the second half of this season Isaac Johnson Leeds United reporter Largie Ramazani has enjoyed a fruitful 2026 with Valencia, with Leeds United loanee finally finding his feet under Carlos Corberan. The winger has scored six goals in his last 12 La Liga matches, having started the last 10. Ramazani scored the opening goal in Saturday’s 2-1 win over Girona as Valencia edge their way towards relegation safety, now five points clear with five games to play. The Belgian was loaned to the Spanish club for the season having fallen down the pecking order under Daniel Farke, who left him out of the squad entirely for the August trip to Arsenal. The board still values Ramazani, and were keen not to include a buy-out option in his loan deal. Ramazani is contracted to Leeds until 2028 but where he fits in Farke’s long term plans is unclear. And reports in Spain suggest Valencia would be willing to acquire the 25-year-old permanently. ...

The investors bought a small stake in Leeds United last year and have multi-club ownership ambitions Isaac Johnson Leeds United reporter The chief of minority Leeds United investors A.Gain has explained why his consortium has invested in the club and outlined his multi-club ownership ambitions. The firm bought a small stake in Leeds last year and in April confirmed it had also invested in Champions League semi-finalists Atletico Madrid. It meanwhile holds a majority stake in Colombian outfit Deportivo Cali. A.Gain, part of the IDC Sports network, is a ‘capital creation company’ which operates in the technology and entertainment field, and whose headquarters is based in Copenhagen. It manages approximately $1 billion [£740.7m] worth of assets within its portfolio. Speaking to City AM, Bobby Aitkenhead - a former basketball player and co-founder and CEO of A.Gain - explained why his group invested in Leeds under the 49ers ownership. “We think of Leeds as the sleeping giant of E...

Just pain Written by: Rob Conlon Of course there was a stat. Leeds United: the first club to lose four consecutive games at Wembley without scoring. Breaking the records you really don’t want to break since 1919. The team where unwanted history becomes official. Four games. 360 minutes. Six hours. It takes some doing to play football for that long and not score a goal, and I’ve watched Steve Morison and Billy Paynter play up front for Leeds. Except as a winless run it’s… not that long really. Leeds have gone four games or more without a win three times already this season. Earlier this month, in rugby league, the New Zealand Warriors finally snapped a seventeen-match losing “hoodoo” against the Melbourne Storm, after which their coach Andrew Webster said: “[It wasn’t] a hoodoo, I’d call it a streak.” And that’s all Leeds losing at Wembley is. A streak. There is no curse, just four games in isolation spread over thirty years. The problem for Leeds at Wembley is that it’s about s...

Leeds United manager Daniel Farke had already raised the matter earlier in the season Isaac Johnson Leeds United reporter It's a stain on the game, and it’s happening far too often. Leeds United are not the only team to be victim of goalkeeping tactical timeouts but they have had their fair share. Games against Manchester City, Sunderland, Brentford and now Chelsea have all seen the opposing shot-stopper seemingly feign injury to instigate a touchline chat with the manager. Everyone knows what is happening, yet nobody can stop it. Why? This simple question has two meanings, the first of which is legalistic. Referees currently have no powers to punish such acts as there are no stipulations in the game regarding this precise scenario. And so the officials therefore cannot risk playing on in case the goalkeeper is genuinely injured. And there is the argument that 'keepers might start playing through the pain barrier when genuinely hurt and therefore injure themselves fur...