Then Leeds director of football Victor Orta turned his attention to Arne Slot during a search that unsuccessfully explored the possibility of taking Carlos Corberan from West Bromwich Albion and Andoni Iraola from Rayo Vallecano. Corberan promptly signed a new contract at the Hawthorns and Rayo Vallecano blocked Leeds’ approach for Iraola, who was not minded to force his way out of the LaLiga club. The Whites then appeared to believe Feyenoord boss Slot was potentially obtainable, until he...
Former Leeds United defender Neil Collins has been sacked as manager of Barnsley with just one game remaining and his side currently in the play-off places. Barnsley fell to a fourth defeat in five on Saturday after losing 3-2 at Blackpool, leaving them with just two win from their last 11 games. The Tykes were a certainty for the League One play-offs but now sit a point above Lincoln City and Oxford United, in sixth and seventh respectively. The South Yorkshire side host 14th-placed Northampton...
Leeds United have aspirations of reuniting with England’s biggest clubs in the Premier League. The Whites may have spent 17 of the last 20 seasons outside of the top flight, but ask most fans
Leeds United take on Middlesbrough on Monday night and they know nothing less than a win will do as the club push to win automatic promotion back to the Premier League. Leicester City picked up three crucial points on Saturday and that means Leeds now find themselves sitting two points adrift of the top two with three games to go. Games in hand complicate things at the top, but Leeds know a win at the Riverside Stadium would be enough to move up to second until the weekend at the very least....
Rangers icon Ally McCoist has backed Sheffield Wednesday to beat the drop in the final run-in, singing the praises of manager Danny Röhl, who he believes has transformed the club’s fortunes during his time in charge. The 34-year-old, who had no managerial experience before arriving at Hillsborough, took the job in October, at a time when the club had endured their worst ever start to a league season. They were winless in 10 games under previous boss Xisco Munoz and were already seven points...
Leeds United returned to winning ways on Monday night at Middlesbrough to move back into the top two. Leeds have the opportunity to consolidate that position on Friday night when they travel to face QPR for what is their final away game of the season. A win at Loftus Road would take Leeds four points clear of Ipswich in the league table and while Kieran McKenna's side will have two games in hand by that point, the pressure will well and truly be on. Leeds can only focus on themselves, of...
Leeds United climbed back into the Championship’s automatic promotion places with a thrilling 4-3 win at Middlesbrough on Monday evening. An action-packed night at the Riverside Stadium saw Crysencio Summerville net a brilliant brace to bookend efforts from Patrick Bamford and Wilfried Gnonto. Boro forced a nervy ending when Emmanuel Latte Lath bagged his second goal of the game with a looping 87th-minute header, but Leeds held on to secure a crucial three points in the promotion race. Daniel...
Raphinha’s long-term future could see him back in England with reports suggesting a €60million (£51.2m) bid from a Premier League club has been rejected by Barcelona. Leeds United sold Raphinha to Barcelona in a deal worth around £50m in July 2022, following their final-day win over Brentford that secured top-flight survival. It has not been plain sailing for the Brazilian since, with the increased competition among wide forwards seeing minutes limited. Raphinha has knuckled down and come into...
Minute-by-minute report: A dress rehearsal for the FA Cup final awaits.
Leeds United have the opportunity to get their promotion push back on track on Monday night when they travel to face Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium. The Whites have won just one of their last five games in the Championship and they have seen their hopes of automatic promotion take a hit as a result. But they know that picking up maximum points over their remaining three games would give them a very good chance of claiming a spot in the top two come May 4. The pressure is building and...
When it comes to their hopes of winning automatic promotion back to the Premier League, Leeds United have reached the do or die period of the Championship season. The Whites are currently third in the table, one point behind Leicester City and two behind league leaders Ipswich Town with just three games left to play. To give themselves the best chance of going up automatically, Daniel Farke's side know they must pick up maximum points from hereon in. That starts on Monday night when the Whites...
Whites trio Crysencio Summerville, Georginio Rutter and Ethan Ampadu were all named in the 2023/24 EFL Championship Team of the Year at the awards ceremony in London, but the job is far from complete as the team head into the final three matches of the campaign. It was a successful night for Leeds at the Grosvenor Hotel as Archie Gray picked up two awards: Championship Young Player of the Year and EFL Apprentice of the Year, while Summerville completed an Elland Road one-two with Championship...