{"id":34957,"date":"2025-08-31T17:04:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T17:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/34957\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T17:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T17:04:14","slug":"leeds-can-do-what-only-manchester-united-have-ever-done-before-in-final-hours-of-transfer-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/34957\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds can do what only Manchester United have ever done before in final hours of transfer window"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Farke-Amorim-1140x641.png\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Daniel Farke fist pumping the air smiling and Ruben Amorim in circular inset\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>credit: imago<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1475-2.jpg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Kyrenia Shipillis\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Sun 31 August 2025 17:10, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds United have the opportunity to make their own history in the Premier League this season. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/matchday\/leeds-united-player-ratings-vs-newcastle-3-10-has-a-stinker-sean-longstaff-proves-a-point\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leeds salvaged a point against Newcastle United<\/a> at Elland Road on Saturday, 30 August. <\/p>\n<p>The Whites have had a mixed bag since their promotion back into the Premier League. While <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/matchday\/lukas-nmecha-did-something-for-first-time-in-1551-days-in-leeds-united-win-vs-everton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leeds\u2019 opening win against Everton<\/a> provided reason for optimism, the games that followed have indicated that <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/matchday\/daniel-farke-shares-leeds-united-relegation-admission-in-new-49ers-plea\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">relegation for Leeds remains a possibility<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>As such, in the final days of the transfer window, United are looking to end on a high. However, their most recent target could bring more than just talent to the first division. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/leeds-united-paraag-marathe-1024x576.png\" alt=\"leeds united paraag marathe\" class=\"wp-image-188050\" \/>Credit: Imago<strong>Eduard Spertsyan could become the Premier League\u2019s second Armenian player<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/eduard-spertsyan-arrival-on-the-cards-at-leeds-in-late-transfer-twist-before-deadline-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leeds could sign Eduard Spertsyan<\/a> before the summer transfer window closes.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian-born attacking midfielder played briefly under <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Farke<\/a> before who managed at his current club FC Krasnodar for a short period in 2022. <\/p>\n<p>If Spertsyan joins United, he would become the second Armenian player to play in the Premier League. This follows Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who played for Manchester United. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>Mkhitaryan signed for Man United on 6 July 2016 before leaving for Arsenal on 22 January 2020<\/li>\n<li>The Armenian midfielder made 63 appearances for Man United and 59 for Arsenal <\/li>\n<li>The 36-year-old currently plays for Italian giants Inter Milan <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After their struggles to sign an attacking midfielder, bringing in a talented midfielder into the fold who has worked under him before could provide enough of an attacking boost. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1farke-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Leeds United manager Daniel Farke looking happy\" class=\"wp-image-189757\" \/>Credit: Imago<strong>Eduard Spertsyan starts for Krasnodar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/eduard-spertsyan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spertsyan<\/a> is set to start for Krasnodar when they take on CSKA Moscow in the Russian Premier League on Sunday, 31 August. <\/p>\n<p>While this could be cause for concern, fans see it as a sign of loyalty from the attacking midfielder. In response to a Leeds fan via X on 31 August, an Armenian football update account insisted the decision was simply professionalism. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It doesn&#8217;t mean anything, he was scheduled to be in the squad since yesterday, he made the trip, he&#8217;s very loyal, even if he has to leave he&#8217;ll play his last game to the fullest. But let&#8217;s not get too excited, no offers have been sent to Krasnodar at the moment, from what I know.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arm\u00e9nie Football (@ArmenieFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArmenieFootball\/status\/1962155007676923991?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the signing of another professional, loyal player at Elland Road could do wonders for Leeds. <\/p>\n<p>While few top clubs have taken a chance on Spertsyan yet, United could pave the way as the club that took a leap of faith, which paid off. <\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFloxY1SWsv0yud4k0u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">MOT Leeds News WhatsApp channel<\/a> and turn on notifications to have all the latest, breaking Leeds United news sent straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"credit: imago Sun 31 August 2025 17:10, UK Leeds United have the opportunity to make their own history&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[23698,27168,18,19,17,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-34957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-daniel-farke","9":"tag-eduard-spertsyan","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}