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Leeds United have made their fifth signing of the summer Isaac Johnson Leeds United reporter Goalkeeper Michael Zetterer has become Leeds United's fifth signing of the summer with his £4.27m (€5m) transfer from Eintracht Frankfurt now formalised. The 31-year-old has penned a three-year deal at Elland Road. Zetterer arrives as the club's new back-up goalkeeper behind club record £40m summer recruit James Trafford, with Lucas Perri joining Torino on a season-long loan. This move contains an option to buy clause, with sources in Italy claiming this stretches to around the £12m mark. The Brazilian holds dual Italian citizenship and so will notably not fill a non-European spot in Torino's squad. Torino had set sights on Perri as their number one goalkeeper early in the window. Leeds were keen on finding a replacement in his wake and it was meanwhile agreed that Perri would recover from his quad injury before flying out to make the medical process smoother. Once Zet...

By Stuart Rayner Daniel Farke is "cautiously optimistic" of adding to his Leeds United squad before Tuesday's transfer deadline, but keen for everyone to know that whilst he has been able to add quality, his changes have just been like for like. Although in Farke's eyes the Whites have no more depth than they did when finishing 14th in last season's Premier League, he thinks their big strength going into Sunday's first home game of the season, against Brentford, is stability. Leeds and Brentford are two of only 11 Premier League clubs not to be under new management this term, and there has been no squad overhaul either. Harry Wilson, Tarik Muharemovic, James Trafford and Nico Elvedi have all raised the quality of player at Elland Road but they have effectively replaced Joel Piroe, Pascal Struijk, Karl Darlow and Sebastiaan Bornauw from the 2024-25 squad. Sam Byram has left too. Goalkeeper Michael Zetterer is close to signing but when he does, Lucas P...

Written by: Rob Conlon Behind the curtain “This was one of the greatest performances I have seen from any team,” Don Revie said after Leeds’ 0-0 draw at Torino secured qualification from the club’s first ever European tie in October 1965. “They proved themselves real professionals. They have given everything and have not got an ounce left.” United had won 2-1 in the first leg at Elland Road, refereed by a certain Michel Kitabdjian. In Turin, they held on for the final forty minutes while down to ten men after Bobby Collins had his thighbone shattered by a tackle from Fabrizio Poletti. Jack Charlton responded to the challenge by punching any Torino player who tried to move his captain on the floor, while Billy Bremner told Poletti, “I’ll kill you for this.” ‘In adversity they fought every inch of the way and were magnificent,’ wrote Eric Stanger in The Yorkshire Post. ‘It was one of the greatest victories in Leeds United’s history.’ Even the Italian press expressed their admirat...

Ours, not theirs Written by: David Guile The moonshot paid off. James Trafford is a Leeds United player. From Felix Wiedwald to the world’s fourth most expensive goalkeeper in nine short years. It’s been quite a ride. I won’t waste many words describing how good James Trafford is. We’ve all seen it. Eleven Championship clean sheets in a row at a time when Burnley seemed fated never to concede another goal. There was an aura of invincibility around Trafford at the time, extending far beyond his two metre tall frame. He elevated a run-of-the-mill Burnley team into the machine that ground out a hundred points and came within seconds of wresting the Championship title out of our grasp. And now he’s ours. All ours, at least for now. If Trafford continues on his current trajectory, it’s only a matter of time before international recognition follows. At 23 and with one tour of World Cup duty under his belt already, he has Jordan Pickford’s position firmly in his sights. Surely this ...

By Kyle Newbould Leeds United have less than one week to conclude their transfer business. Daniel Farke insists there are still areas of the Leeds United squad that need improving ahead of a long Premier League campaign. Leeds have six days to conclude any summer business before the transfer window slams shut at 11pm on Tuesday September 1. The Whites have welcomed four new faces through the door, with £8.5million centre-back Nico Elvedi the latest to impress in the recent 2-0 Carabao Cup win at Nottingham Forest. But a top-quality left-winger is still wanted, as evidenced by interest in Igor Paixao and Mykhailo Mudryk among others, while other positions including striker and left-back are lacking depth. Farke admits he’s never had a window in which every wish was granted but hinted at a positive final few days in the market. Asked how confident he is of getting everyone he needs before Tuesday’s deadline, Farke said: “Not at all, because I mentioned before there was never a ...

By Kyle Newbould Good day, bad day and off-camera moments from Leeds United’s Carabao Cup win at the City Ground. Leeds United booked their place in the Carabao Cup third round thanks to Tuesday night’s 2-0 win at Nottingham Forest. Second-half goals from Daniel James and James Justin capped off another solid performance at the City Ground. Here’s the YEP take... Good day Nico Elvedi As centre-back debuts go, they don’t get much better than that for recent arrival Nico Elvedi. The £8.5m signing has probably spent as much time at the City Ground as Thorp Arch during his first week as a Leeds player and already looks at home in Daniel Farke’s side. Elvedi started between Joe Rodon and Tarik Muharemovic on Tuesday, given the unenviable task of scrapping with Chris Wood. Barring a counter-attack nutmeg, the Leeds defender won that fight and also had the composure to play some lovely passes. Farke nominated Elvedi for Player of the Match and it was as hard to look past the 29-ye...