Leeds Transfer Rumours

18 May 2026 11:59:01
Joe Willock still being mentioned. Only a Yr left on his contract.

18 May 2026 22:57:37
Decent player, and with current PL experience.

17 May 2026 16:21:46
Rumour that German club SC Frieburg are ready to make an offer for Willy Gnonto, and that Leeds may be prepared to sell.

17 May 2026 17:27:37
Beat me to it, JR!

17 May 2026 17:55:14
Willy and Tanaka will be gone this summer.

Several others, such as Piroe.. but Dan James won't be.

17 May 2026 18:34:36
The Freiburg story has been bouncing around for days but the problem is they don't have the money to make a sensible offer. Not sure whether they've got anybody we'd want.

18 May 2026 00:09:32
If Freiburg can't afford Gnonto, I'd take their goalie as a swap.

18 May 2026 08:19:46
Noah Atabolu is well regarded and young. We'll probably need at least one new keeper for next season, with Darlow (hope he stays) , Cairns out of contract, and Perri's future at the club uncertain.

18 May 2026 10:07:54
And Mez as well. He's been out of the picture for so long. Hope he gets his career back on track - I'm sure he will. Bon chance.

18 May 2026 22:48:46
Freiburg's Croatian striker Matanovic looks promising. He's 23 yrs old, 6ft 4in tall, and so far this season has 11 goals and 2 assists from 31 games. Transfermarkt values him at €10M (£8.7M) . They also value Willy Gnonto at €18M (£15.6) , so there's a deal to be done there if they want it.

17 May 2026 09:52:08
Leeds and Brentford apparently duking it out for US midfielder Tanner Tessmann. Allegedly wanting it done before the WC. He currently plays for Lyon.

17 May 2026 20:26:56
So far this season, 29 Apps, 0 Goals, 1 Assist. Not exactly setting the world on fire. What exactly is his USP?

18 May 2026 05:28:24
And Lyon have Euro football.

18 May 2026 15:26:41
JR, he's a CDM, so cover for Ampadu.

18 May 2026 22:54:57
OK, that figures. Him coming suggests maybe someone might be going out.

15 May 2026 02:16:17
Paxio available apparently. Here we go again.

15 May 2026 07:24:17
Looks like Marseille are in financial doo doo and may have to sell, but with Liverpool and Arse reportedly interested, we may miss out again. I would NOT want to, again, spend most of the window pursuing a deal that won't happen, and miss out on more realistic options.

15 May 2026 08:36:32
I hope we ignore him out of principle now. We need to have moved on to new targets who will Want to play for us.

15 May 2026 14:07:55
I'm not particularly bothered whether we go for Paxio or not, but we did spend a little time chasing Stach, who was an on-off transfer, and eventually he came. Sometimes the chasing is worth it and pays off.

But I also feel, (same with Stach) , if they were difficult to obtain in the first place, they don't see us as the end goal, and use us as a stepping stone, and that isn't "side before self" motto.

13 May 2026 00:46:58
Anybody in boro team better than any of our starters?
Is Hamer still worth a punt? Maybe 5 mill.
Would not take Gray or Summerville back. They’d likely be too expensive.

{Ed025's Note - Hamer will cost a lot more than £5m Aus..

13 May 2026 07:26:53
I thought Whittaker was good last year when he was at Plymouth, but not seen enough of him this year. Can't think of anyone else.

13 May 2026 08:06:19
I'd still have a punt on Hamer. Would be about 12m base price, tho I dunno his contract situation? Whittaker fluffed a couple of openings last night, reportedly, and, given he's not exactly torn up the champo, I don't reckon he's the level we need next seez. If we are to get another hitman, I want the real deal!

13 May 2026 07:46:14
Just thinking Hamer won't want champ football again Ed so they will have to sell. Don't think he will be worth the lofty 15-20 of yesteryear. Maybe 10.

{Ed025's Note - im thinking nearer £20m Aus, quite a few prem clubs are looking at him mate and im sure one will shell out that sort of money...probably Everton, after all we did pay £40m for Tyler Dibbling from Southampton ffs..

13 May 2026 10:18:49
No to all 3. Summerville & Archie too expansive.
Hamer 2 years too late.

We need better than Hamer.

13 May 2026 10:29:27
Haydn Hackney will be available. A few clubs are interested, including Leeds.

13 May 2026 12:44:23
Hackney will almost certainly move this summer. Not sure the position is a priority unless Tanaka moves on, but Hackney is a good player, would happily have him if the price is right. Whitaker is not good enough for PL, imo. Malanda might be an interesting option to strengthen CB, though imagine we'd prefer left footer.

13 May 2026 09:17:53
Fair dos Ed. At that price he is all yours

{Ed025's Note - thanks a lot Aus.. :)

13 May 2026 13:46:54
Hackney is Championship Player of the Year, and now Boro are out, he will move. There are a number who've made the jump to the PL, such as Wharton, Anderson, Olise, etc., and I think he could do the same, but he won't be cheap.

13 May 2026 20:36:45
Can't afford to feed Hamer the little fatty! Is there a reason we are scouring champo players?

14 May 2026 01:57:33
You would presume, Callum, that some of the clubs in the play offs would have some players good enough for the prem. Seems logical.

And Hackney, how did I forget him. Looks like he's got loads of potential suitors tho. Ask Mr Ayling to tell him what a good club this is, and he won't have to move too far either.

14 May 2026 12:14:46
I think the Jonny Howson connection might help a bit with Hackney. He mentored him. Hackney is a Boro boy and settled in the region, I'd suggest Sunderland, Leeds and Newcastle would hold an advantage from a player perspective if there was genuine interest from any.

15 May 2026 01:01:39
Last Boro boy we got was Jonathan Woodgate, and he didn't turn out too bad.

15 May 2026 10:18:21
Absolutely zero chance Sheff U are looking for more than about £8m for Hamer. He turns 29 next month, with only 27 Champ starts, he's not the same player as a couple of years back.

11 May 2026 12:53:48
Rumours that transfer guru Nick Hammond (who left for Everton last summer) could be returning to the club.

11 May 2026 17:53:05
Interesting!

12 May 2026 12:08:01
Very interesting!
Mebbe he's fallen out with Kinnear?

05 May 2026 16:52:21
Hidemasa Morita to Leeds!

The Japanese midfielder will join the English club on a free transfer next season, assuming they remain in the Premier League.

The midfielder traveled to England this week and attended the Leeds vs Burnley match!

This is from X and I do not know how reliable the source is.

06 May 2026 08:13:37
I've also seen this, plus another Japanese striker (whose name I yet again can't recall! 🥴) . Maybe, getting things done early this seez, and getting great value so that the wedge goes further!?

06 May 2026 08:24:33
Are they starters? Or squad fillers?

06 May 2026 11:27:03
Morita is a good player, on a free, attractive one, I suppose.
But what about his age, though? He is 31 in 4 days' time.

06 May 2026 13:04:55
How old was Pablo when he came to us, Baz?
Age is a number, if he's still fit enough. Let's hope he has a similar impact to Mr Hernandez!

06 May 2026 13:55:05
Very good point, Canada.

06 May 2026 17:26:29
I hope it is proven to be so, but don't really know him.

06 May 2026 20:50:50
Bang on, mate. While I'm not an anatomist, I do believe that the Japanese nation look after themselves, unlike us Europeans!

06 May 2026 21:14:41
I like the sound of doing business early. My only regret is that, at defensive midfield, it probably means we won't do Eric Martel, who is also set to be a defensive midfield free agent, younger and a giant. But in Farke we trust!

07 May 2026 00:17:48
He will be a Gruev replacement, I would imagine.

07 May 2026 14:01:42
Morita is very good. Think Alf is right. This is the Gruev replacement and he's much better than him. Smart business.

07 May 2026 20:12:23
Talk saying it's not happening, apparently, but who even knows when there are so many rumours.

07 May 2026 21:38:21
In good old Smyth fashion, he's taken a huge dump on this one! Means it's probably true tho!

07 May 2026 23:39:48
Gotta smile at these rumours 99% of them never materialise.

05 May 2026 08:02:33
Rumours of John Stones being a possible free transfer to Leeds this summer. Everton are also linked.
At 31 years old and injuries taking its toll on his aging body, I’m not sure we’d be interested in him.
Possibly a promoted team might take him on especially with his impressive experience in the Premiership.

05 May 2026 12:35:09
If the medical team can manage him as they have DCL, then as you say, his experience and ability to play from the back would be very beneficial. His wages at Citeh must be astronomical tho!?

05 May 2026 16:54:49
Yes, he is on £250k a week currently, but he must realise he won't get that at his age with any other EPL side.

06 May 2026 21:15:13
I speculated that we'd be too far down the totem pole for him. I also think that unless he'd take a massive paycut, he wouldn't be worth it for Leeds.

A two year deal - with a third year vesting option after 20 appearances in the final season @70K a week, is the absolute most I'd stretch to for him. I imagine he'd get far better offers than that, and fair enough. I think he's a Villa/Newcastle signing at 120k two years, or maybe Everton at 100K two years.

If we wanted to take a punt on an injury prone cb, I'd offer Adam Webster a one-year deal at 35K a week, with a vesting second year on appearances. He'd take the Bornauw backup role, but likely a 10-15% depth upgrade.

I think this would be a very different situation from DCL, aside from them both being free agents.

Central defence is very much a strength for us with Joe, Bijol, Struijk, Justin, Ampadu, and Bornauw in that order. In that list, on current evidence, he wouldn't even be no.1 or no.2 for me. He'd slot in on par with Struijk, so very good but not first on the team sheet for the position, which it would have to be to be worth it. With DCL, it was a thin market in our budget for a centre forward that we desperately needed an upgrade in that position.

Doekhi (impending free agent) .
Anel Ahmedhodzic (former Sheffield United) , est. cost £12-15m, suits our system, prem experience at Sheffield, 6'3.
Mavropanos if West Ham get relegated.
Axel Disasi if Chelsea decide to sell after his West Ham loan is up.
Ben Davies (more the Byram utility replacement) .

07 May 2026 06:44:04
If we're looking at Japanese players, Ayase Ueda has got an impressive scoring record at Feyenoord.

17 May 2026 23:18:05
Can we not keep Tanaka?

29 Apr 2026 13:57:59
According to the Daily Fail, we have rekindled our interest in Sporting midfielder Hidemasa Morita.

The Japan international is understood to be willing to commit to the move once Leeds secure their Premier League status.

29 Apr 2026 22:09:59
Can't say I'm overly familiar. Would anyone in the know say he's an upgrade?

02 May 2026 20:11:13
He's been about a while, so he's no spring chicken. Good player though.