Inside Ethan Ampadu's new contract negotiations. 👆 Higher-placed Premier League clubs made enquiries 🔜 Leeds United braced for imminent bids. 📅 Talks began early 2026 🏗️ Bold Elland Road future impressed player ❌ No relegation release clause #lufc www.nytimes.com/athletic/733...

Ethan Ampadu has signed a new contract with Leeds United to 2030! Huge news for the club and the summer ahead. #lufc

Leeds United have released their new away kit. Another yellow classic. #lufc

An analysis of how the Leeds United squad looks across every position, going into the summer. Several loanees returning and some obvious areas ready for reinforcement. #lufc

Very early look at how summer ahead currently looks for #lufc. ⚪️ Difference-makers in the final third ⚪️ Bulk of investment expected in attack ⚪️ Wing-back and centre-back roles targeted ⚪️ Goalkeeper uncertainty ⚪️ Braced for Struijk-Gnonto-Piroe bids

Gudmundsson, Stach and Calvert-Lewin were considerations, but I've gone with Ampadu for @theathleticfc.bsky.social's Leeds United Player of the Season. The heart of the team. He's levelled up like nobody else in this team this year. He's proven he's good enough for this level. 🆓 #lufc

It's time for the Leeds United season review. ⚪ Season grade ⚪ Best game ⚪ Best goal ⚪ Biggest surprise ⚪ Gravest mistake ⚪ Best quote ⚪ Funniest moment ⚪ Best opposition player ⚪ Key summer issue 🆓 #lufc www.nytimes.com/athletic/730...

There was little to learn on the pitch yesterday, but the acrimony around West Ham was a warning for Leeds before summer. These implosions can happen to any club. Leeds have plenty to get right if they're to build on an excellent 14th place. 🆓 #lufc

DF on contract decisions: "Not yet. Right now is a time for us to talk through things and make decisions. We have started this in the last days. There will be a decision soon on expiring contracts. Not in a few weeks, sooner. Nothing I want to confirm here and now." #lufc

DF: "Gruev, Gudmundsson, Okafor still out. Struijk training. Bogle training. Stach mixed, bad he is out this weekend, but not a major injury. Needs to be stitched. Longstaff had hernia surgery on Wednesday, unavailable." #lufc

Hearing from Farke at Thorp Arch for the last time this season. #lufc

Interview on the future of Elland Road with #lufc director Peter Lowy. 🚨 Now or never 🚊 Tram system critical 💼 Govnt needs to act swiftly 💰 £1bn to £2bn ready to invest 🏙 Transform south Leeds 🏦 Chancellor "fully on board" 🆓 Free to read

Leeds United director Peter Lowy tells The Athletic the board will imminently sit down with Daniel Farke to set out a fresh three-year vision for the club. #lufc

After four league starts for a Leeds United team which the club wants to improve this summer, there's bound to be plenty of enquiries about Gnonto this summer. Don't suspect Freiburg will be the last to ask the question. #lufc

Leeds United pledge to ban any supporters found to have participated in homophobic chanting during Sunday's Brighton match. #lufc

Inside Leeds United's Calvert-Lewin transfer chase 💀 “Calvert-Lewin, you killed us today” 👨‍⚕️ Backed medical dept to keep him fit 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pitched on England visibility 9⃣ No 9 offered with Bamford still on books 🤝 Deal done in 10 days 💪 DCL ‘bet on himself’ in contract talks 💰 Marked as £20m+ signing #lufc

Happy to admit I am one of many doubters Calvert-Lewin has proven wrong this season. Yesterday took him to 14 goals in the Premier League. This is the inside story on how Leeds United landed one of the signings of the season last summer. #lufc

The perfect way to sign off for this season at Elland Road. A never-say-die performance with a decisive goal from their talisman and a half-assist from their little-seen academy graduate. 2025-26 has been brilliant in LS11. #lufc

Farke optimistic Aaronson's problem was nothing more than a dead leg. More fearful over Stach. Said Baleba landed on his ankle/knee. He hopes it's not too bad. #lufc

DF: "Sums up our season and our group. Fitting ending. Difficult week with illness and injury. Key players out. In-game injuries too. Defended our clean sheet and never stopped believing. Composed finish from Dominic." #lufc

Farke on the microphone: "I know we have the best fans in the country. We are working to get the best team in the country." #lufc

Daniel Farke's name chanted around all sides of Elland Road as he came out from the tunnel for this post-match ceremony. Stach missing, unfortunately. #lufc

Rutter does a swift lap of Elland Road with applause for the home fans. #lufc

Full-time: 1-0. United are back. Up to 13th. A game going nowhere until Byram predicted Van Hecke's short pass. Calvert-Lewin does what he's done so much this season. Perfect Elland Road sign-off. #lufc

Byram mobbed for spotting the assist. 95th minute! Byram plays a simple pass down the line. Van Hecke collects, but passes blindly inside. Too short. Calvert-Lewin beats Verbruggen, rounds him and then shoots into an empty net from the side of the area. Shirt off. #lufc

CALVERT-LEWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN! #lufc

Monstrous tackle from Rodon on Gomez ricochets around the stadium. Warmly applauded. #lufc

Bornauw off for Byram in the 90th minute. Standing ovation. Almost certainly his final Elland Road appearance. Nine minutes added on. #lufc

Elland Road stands to clap Stach off. #lufc

Stach's carried on since the initial injury, but they've now got a stretcher out there to get him off the pitch. Big worry for him with the World Cup ahead. #lufc

Stach's gone down again with his left boot off. Piroe coming on in the 72nd minute. #lufc

Stach's limped off with his left boot off, but now lacing it up to come back on. #lufc

Longstaff presses Baleba into giving it away in his own area. Nmecha collects and eventually feeds Gnonto on the overlap, but he slips as he shoots wide. Stach writhing in some pain in the centre circle after landing awkwardly. Left leg being inspected. #lufc

Gnonto for James, Nmecha for Aaronson (who had some brief treatment on the turf) and Longstaff for Tanaka in the 60th minute. #lufc

Longstaff, Nmecha and Gnonto have had the call to get ready. #lufc

Strong header from Ampadu on the line to deny a Welbeck effort. Leeds just a little unbalanced there by Brighton in the final third. #lufc

Gnonto and Nmecha getting warmed up early in this second period. Perhaps it won't be too long before see them introduced. #lufc

HT: 0-0. A hard watch and every inch an end-of-season game without much riding on it. Couple of late efforts the goalkeepers had to keep out, but very little else catching the eye. Beach balls and songs about former players.. #lufc

Leeds break. Calvert-Lewin collects and works inside well. Brighton clearance inadvertently pings off Dunk's chest and Verbruggen has to acrobatically tip it away. #lufc

Best effort and save of the game so far. Gross makes another one swerve at Darlow, but he dives to parry again. Kadioglu keeps it in at the far post, but his looping cross doesn't come to anything. #lufc

South Stand going through the end-of-season songbook. Berardi, Firpo and Saiz had their recitals so far. #lufc

Milner gets a good reception as he comes out to warm up. #lufc

James catches a clearance on the run with a rifled effort. Blocked away by Dunk. Was on target. #lufc

Darlow has to react quickly to a Gross snapshot from outside the area. Can only parry to safety. #lufc

Not much danger in either box, save for a brief Calvert-Lewin opening. Teams look well-matched. Predictably, Brighton are trying to exploit James at wing-back with Minteh's pace and trickery. #lufc

Sizeable applause for Rutter from the West Stand as he takes a seat in the Brighton dugout. #lufc

Alfie Cresswell is here. No Struijk. #lufc

Leeds arriving. Ampadu here. #lufc

Farke's tone was firm, but the content was fair. Few fans would disagree with his ambitions for Leeds United. It's also hard to see why 49ers Enterprises would disagree either. Control is the crux, the red line. Perhaps it is less the 'what' and more the 'how' which is Farke's concern. #lufc

Punchy stuff from Farke today. Began to sound like a farewell, but he clarified it's a case of closing this first chapter with him and then establishing new goals over the next five years. He's turning the screw from a position of strength. #lufc