Tag: Leeds
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San Francisco 49ers ready to buy Premier League club
San Francisco 49ers are planning to buyout Leeds United by the start of 2024 in a deal worth more than £400m. The investment arm of the NFL franchise – 49ers Enterprises – has an option to take 100 per cent control of the club by January 2024 in a deal which would include ownership of…
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Rodrigo secures Leeds win to heap more misery on Norwich
Bottom club Norwich City remain without a Premier League win 10 games into the season after slumping to defeat against fellow strugglers Leeds United at Carrow Road. After a dour first half, the match burst into life when Raphinha dribbled past three players to fire the visitors into a 56th-minute lead after being picked out…
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Llorente gives Leeds first league win against Watford
Leeds picked up their first victory in the Premier League this season as defender Diego Llorente returned from injury to score the winner over Watford. Llorente, who picked up a hamstring injury in the defeat by Liverpool, instinctively poked it in from close range after a corner delivery bounced off Watford’s Juraj Kucka at the…
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Salah scores 100th EPL goal in Liverpool win
Liverpool kept pace with the Premier League’s leading pack as Mohamed Salah’s 100th English top-flight goal helped them to victory at Leeds. The game was somewhat marred, though, by a serious injury to young midfielder Harvey Elliott, who was stretchered off following an initially innocuous-looking sliding challenge from Pascal Struijk that ultimately saw the Leeds…
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Spanish club plan to keep Nwakali , reject Leeds, Watford bids
Second division club Huesca have plans to keep hold of Kelechi Nwakali and as a result have turned down a summer transfer bid from Leeds United for the Nigerian midfielder. According to The Athletic, Leeds are keen on signing Nwakali before this summer’s transfer comes to it’s conclusion. Watford are also monitoring the Nigerian international…
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EPL: Ten-man Leeds beat Man City at Etihad
Stuart Dallas scored an injury-time winner as 10-man Leeds United beat runaway leaders Manchester City at Etihad Stadium. Dallas gave the visitors a surprise lead three minutes before the break with a low shot that went in off the inside of a post. However, the dismissal of skipper Liam Cooper for a tackle on Gabriel…
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Leeds frustrate Chelsea to goalless draw at Elland Road
Chelsea missed a chance to cement their place in the Premier League’s top four as Leeds held them to a frustrating 0-0 draw on Saturday. Thomas Tuchel’s side had plenty of chances but couldn’t deliver the knockout blow in a hard-fought clash at Elland Road. The Blues remain in fourth place and fifth-placed West Ham…
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How Terry helped me at Chelsea – Bamford
Leeds United striker Patrick Bamford says working with John Terry at Chelsea toughened him up. Speaking on the Official Leeds United Podcast, the 27-year-old shared how Terry, now Aston Villa assistant coach, helped him develop. “I have got to be honest and say he was nice,” Bamford said. “He was a good captain, put a…
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Mourinho’s Tottenham knocks Leeds 3-0
Harry Kane and Son Heung-min were again Tottenham’s talismen in a 3-0 win over Leeds to kickstart their title challenge on Saturday but a third Premier League game this week was postponed due to coronavirus outbreaks. Burnley’s clash with Fulham, scheduled for Sunday, was called off due to a number of positive cases among the…
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Farcical own goal sets Leeds on a thumping 5-0 win at West Brom
A farcical early own goal from Romaine Sawyers summed up a miserable day for West Bromwich Albion as the English Premier League strugglers were thumped 5-0 by Leeds United on Tuesday. Further first half goals from Ezgjan Alioski, Jack Harrison and Rodrigo, and a brilliant strike in the second half from Raphinha, gave Leeds their…