Leeds United

The 2023-24 Championship campaign has reached its final hurdle. Leicester City will be returning to the Premier League after their 3-0 victory over Preston North End on Monday secured the league title — their first game since promotion was confirmed following Queens Park Rangers‘ 4-0 win against Leeds United on Friday night. Rotherham United’s 1-0 defeat by Plymouth Argyle on April 5 confirmed their relegation to League One. However, there are still several things to be decided heading into the league’s conclusion this week: a final automatic promotion spot, four play-off places...

Leeds fell to a 4-0 defeat at QPR on Friday night — they now look set for the play-offs

Opponents knew how to 'make him angry', but the coaches who helped shape Summerville explain how his talent can take him to the top

The Premier League is heading towards another contentious vote on Monday with a majority of clubs keen to add a hard spending cap to the new “squad cost” rules that are being introduced for the 2025-26 season. Based on the concept of “anchoring”, the de facto salary cap would limit the amount of money any club can invest in their squads by tying it to a multiple of what the lowest earners get from the league’s centralised broadcast and commercial deals. Earlier this month, the clubs unanimously backed a proposal to progress talks on the squad cost regime, with a view to finalising...

Ipswich Town, Leicester City and Leeds United have led the way in the second tier promotion race, but Southampton are the team with momentum

Born in London and made in America, Nigel Travis has turned Leyton Orient around – and now comes the next step

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Leeds' lack of goals from midfield is starting to cost them in tight games when the tension is highest

Leeds United posted an overall loss of £33.7 million in the 2022-23 financial year despite player transfers earning them £73 million, according to the club’s latest accounts. Figures covering last season, in which Leeds were relegated from the Premier League, show a record turnover of £189.6m but a substantially increased operating loss of £105 million, offset by income accrued primarily through the sale of Kalvin Phillips and Raphinha. Phillips left for Manchester City in the summer of 2022 shortly before Raphinha completed a permanent switch to Barcelona. The cash generated lessened...

Stuart Dallas said he was “at peace” with the early end of his playing career after announcing his retirement from football at the age of 32. The Leeds United midfielder confirmed earlier today (Wednesday) that his career was over almost two years on from suffering a serious leg injury. Dallas had not played a single first-team minute in that time and revealed he had undergone around seven different operations in an attempt to recover from a fractured femur and knee damage sustained in a Premier League game against Manchester City in April 2022. The Northern Ireland international said his...

Stuart Dallas announced his retirement on Wednesday afternoon — it is a cruel end for a player who deserved far more

Stuart Dallas has announced his retirement from football at the age of 32. The former Leeds United and Northern Ireland man has not played since fracturing his right femur in a Premier League game against Manchester City in April 2022. Dallas did return to first-team training in September, 18 months after the incident, but said on Wednesday that he “must now accept the fact that my knee suffered irreparable damage” and a return to playing is not possible. “I would also like to pay tribute to the staff, management and medical team at Leeds United for their outstanding support during some...

A frustrating 0-0 draw with Sunderland denied Leeds top spot in the Championship, but their manager has spoke of the need for level-heads

The EFL has opened its voting for the player of the year in each division - so The Athletic has asked its 'experts' to do the same...