{"id":1065139,"date":"2026-07-03T04:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1065139\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T04:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:04:16","slug":"two-clubs-express-interest-in-leeds-united-flop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1065139\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Clubs &#8216;Express Interest&#8217; In Leeds United Flop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"> George Wood\/Getty Images <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"single-quote\" style=\"display: block; margin-block-start: 1em; margin-block-end: 1em; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin: 30px 0px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/leeds-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leeds United<\/a> flop Isaac Schmidt is the subject of interest from his native Switzerland, though the pieces need to fall into place for a move to happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The full-back spent the recent season on loan in Germany at Werder Bremen, but had a spell to forget.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Schmidt did clock 19 appearances in the Bundesliga for Werder Bremen, the majority came off the bench as he struggled to nail down a spot in the side.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He has headed back to Leeds this summer, but looks to have little future at Elland Road after failing to even get into the Whites team in the <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Farke was happy with what Schmidt did in training and <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2025\/02\/10\/hurts-you-a-little-bit-daniel-farke-on-leeds-united-star-being-overlooked\/673941\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">admitted it hurt to leave him out on a matchday<\/a>, but the German still overlooked him.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Leeds_Isaac_Schmidt2_620_ofg.webp.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Schmidt could have an escape route back to Switzerland this summer, with Basel and Young Boys both having \u2018expressed interest\u2019, according to German journalist <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/andreoeausm\/status\/2072701745206104562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Andre Oechsner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is suggested that a return to Switzerland is possible for Schmidt, but the pieces would all need to fall into place for it to happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<tr>\nClub<br \/>\nAppearances<br \/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\">St Gallen<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\">108<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\">Werder Bremen<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\">19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #dddddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\">Lausanne-Sport<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #dddddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\">15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #dddddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\">Leeds United<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #dddddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\">14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Isaac Schmidt appearances by club<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The defender still has another two years to run on his Leeds contract.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Swiss Super League is a league Schmidt knows well, with the defender having clocked 99 appearances in the division.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Switzerland_Isaac_Schmidt_620_ofg.webp.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A move back to Switzerland could help Schmidt with his international ambitions as he missed out on a spot in Switzerland\u2019s <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/world-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup<\/a> squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear how much Leeds would be looking for to sell Schmidt, or whether they might consider a new loan for the defender if a permanent sale cannot be clinched.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For Schmidt, his next move will be crucial as he looks to make sure he can get his career back on track with regular first team football.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If he stays at Elland Road, game time would likely be out of reach.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"George Wood\/Getty Images \u00a0 Leeds United flop Isaac Schmidt is the subject of interest from his native Switzerland,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1065140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8814],"tags":[107867,748,393,4884,26817,1860,16,15,227011],"class_list":["post-1065139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-leeds","tag-basel","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-isaac-schmidt","tag-leeds","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-young-boys"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1065139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1065140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1065139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1065139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1065139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}