Mighty Leeds Weblog

Read every word that Daniel Farke said when speaking to reporters following Leeds United's 4-0 win over Ausgburg Isaac Johnson Leeds United reporter Daniel Farke is pleased, yet not satisfied, with where his Leeds United team currently sits. The manager has enjoyed a fruitful pre-season so far but has acknowledged there are areas of improvement both on the pitch and in the transfer market. Leeds ended their summer schedule with a dominant 4-0 win over FC Augsburg, meaning the Whites have scored 14 goals across six friendlies and only conceded five. They are also about to welcome in a fourth signing of the window with all previous three having already made their United bows. Speaking to reporters after the match, Farke touched on the pending arrival of centre-back Nico Elvedi plus many other topics - including his feeling ahead of the new season, Largie Ramazani and the new club vice captains. You must be pretty pleased after that win. What's your assessment? “We can...

Borussia Monchengladbach defender Nico Elvedi has emerged as a transfer target for Leeds United Mark Wakefield Sport Central Audience Writer Leeds United have reportedly agreed a deal to sign Borussia Monchengladbach defender Nico Elvedi on a permanent transfer. The Whites have been linked with a move for the 29-year-old centre-back in recent days, and now it seems that a move is close to being completed. Daniel Farke is currently preparing his squad for their second season in the Premier League following their promotion in 2025, and looks set to add an experienced player to his squad. As reported by The Athletic, Leeds have agreed a permanent deal to sign Elvedi from Monchengladbach for a fee believed to be worth up to €10million (£8.6million). Elvedi’s contract with the Bundesliga outfit was set to expire at the end of the forthcoming season, and Leeds have swooped in to agree a deal to bring the central defender to Elland Road ahead of the new Premier League campaign Elv...

By Kyle Newbould Leeds United maintained their impressive pre-season form a week before the 2026/27 Premier League season kicks off at Nottingham Forest. Leeds United rounded off their pre-season campaign with a commanding 4-0 win at home to FC Augsburg on Saturday. An action-packed first-half brought goals from Anton Stach, Tarik Muharemovic and James Justin with substitute Lukas Nmecha netting a fourth late on. Victory means they head to Nottingham Forest next weekend off the back of four wins from six summer friendlies. Daniel Farke named his strongest available starting-XI in a hint at how things could look at the City Ground next weekend. James Trafford got his first Elland Road start while Ethan Ampadu and Stach returned in midfield. Harry Wilson and Dominic Calvert-Lewin also started. Leeds needed 50 seconds to open the scoring, Brenden Aaronson finding Stach whose deflected effort squeezed beyond Finn Dahmen from a tight angle on the left of the penalty area. The chan...

Gelhardt has gone to Premier League rivals Hull City James Smailes Head of All Out Rugby League and Yorkshire sport at Reach plc Joe Gelhardt says he's 'buzzing' to be a Hull City player after getting his wish of a move to East Yorkshire. After two years away from Leeds United on loan, Gelhardt has finally left the club for good after agreeing a switch to Hull. The Tigers have struck a deal to sign the 24-year-old on a four-year contract with the option of a fifth year, with Leeds understood to have picked up £6.5m, possibly rising to £8m, from the sale of the attacking midfielder or forward. It had looked like Gelhardt would be joining Birmingham City earlier in the week after the Blues had agreed terms with Leeds and he was set for a medical. However, Tigers owner Acun Ilicali swooped in to strike a deal thought to be worth in the region of £4m and to snatch him from under the noses of the Blues. Gelhardt's deal at Hull sees him rewarded for two loan spells ...

By Kyle Newbould Leeds United fell to defeat from 12 yards after a 1-1 draw in normal time. Leeds United lost 5-4 on penalties to Manchester United following a 1-1 draw in Dublin on Wednesday. Brenden Aaronson was on the scoresheet for Leeds but missed penalties from Harry Wilson and James Justin proved costly. It was just a second pre-season defeat for Daniel Farke’s side. James Trafford was handed an unofficial debut at the sold out Croke Park as one of six changes from RB Leipzig on Saturday. The goalkeeper, Rhys Chadwick, Jaka Bijol, Ao Tanaka, Aaronson and Lukas Nmecha replaced Alex Cairns, Justin, Joe Rodon, Ethan Ampadu, Wilson and Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Leeds struggled to create anything of note through the opening 15 minutes and then conceded in the 16th, with Bijol coming up short. The Slovenian lunged into a tackle on halfway but missed Bryan Mbeumo entirely, the Manchester United winger racing forward and passing to Joshua Zirkzee for a simple finish. Trafford t...

By Kyle Newbould Leeds United have around three weeks left to complete their transfer business. Leeds United chairman Paraag Marathe has ‘guaranteed’ a currently off-limits player will become available later in the transfer window - with money kept aside just in case. The Whites have less than three weeks to finalise their summer recruitment operation, with a trio of top-quality first-team additions already through the door. Harry Wilson joined on a free transfer from Fulham before a combined spend of around £74m on centre-back Tarik Muharemovic and goalkeeper James Trafford. Last summer, Leeds’ patience in search of a striker paid off when after weeks of chasing Rodrigo Muniz, the chance to sign Dominic Calvert-Lewin on a free was snapped up. And Marathe believes a similar scenario could repeat itself in the next fortnight with the club financially prepared to act if so. Asked by Men In Blazers about the hectic nature of late-summer dealings, Marathe said: “No, that's pr...

By Lee Sobot The YEP’s take and off-camera moments from Leeds United’s latest triumph against RB Leipzig. Leeds United continued their impressive summer with not one but two wins against Saturday’s visitors RB Leipzig. Fresh from victories against Sunderland and Liverpool in America, Daniel Farke’s Whites took on Champions League-qualified Bundesliga outfit Leipzig at Elland Road in a marathon 120-minutes of pre-season football. The game was divided up into two sets of 60 minutes, Leeds winning both of them 1-0 which Farke said counted as two victories and there’s no real need to disagree. Here’s the YEP take. Good day Joe Rodon Unquestionably one of United’s best players, Rodon was uncharacteristically below par in his side’s first pre-season friendly against Wrexham in America but that’s all now a distant memory after a fantastic performance here. Everybody knows that Rodon is warrior defender at centre-back but he’s suddenly become a rapid winger too, the Wales interna...