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Sat 28 June 2025 7:45, UK <\/p>\n
Leeds United announced their second summer signing earlier this week, with Jaka Bijol signing from Udinese for a fee of around \u00a315million.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Slovenia international has signed a contract at Elland Road running until June 2030.<\/p>\n Bijol joins Lukas Nmecha, who has wrapped up a free transfer move to Leeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n Last month (11 May), Football Insider<\/strong> exclusively revealed that the 49ers Enterprises are planning to back Daniel Farke with a budget of over \u00a3100m<\/a>, which should mean that there are more signings in the works.<\/p>\n However, Everton\u2019s<\/a> former chief Keith Wyness \u2013 who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs \u2013 has not been impressed with the quality of Leeds<\/a>\u2018 business so far.<\/p>\n Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider<\/strong>\u2019s Inside Track podcast<\/a>, Wyness said that he is \u201cunderwhelmed\u201d with the Yorkshire side\u2019s first two signings of the summer, and that he had hoped for more.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n Leeds have been linked with the likes of Rodrigo Muniz<\/a>, Douglas Luiz and Gustavo Hamer in recent days.<\/p>\n Wyness added that there is still a long way to go in the transfer window.<\/p>\n He told Football Insider<\/strong>\u2018s Inside Track podcast: \u201cLeeds have brought in another centre half as well, Bijol, who\u2019s potentially a good player. <\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019ve also signed Nmecha for free. But are these the players that really are going to mold together a squad that\u2019s going to be scrapping every week to keep you in that Premier League?<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m slightly underwhelmed by the start Leeds have made, but a long way to go yet.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not what I was hoping for from Leeds in terms of moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n West Ham have reportedly joined the likes of Leeds United and Everton in the race to sign Liverpool star Joe Gomez<\/a>.<\/p>\n This is according to former Hammers scout Mick Brown, who claimed that the Irons are keeping a close eye on the 28-year-old\u2019s situation.<\/p>\n Brown added that should they be given an indication that the England international, who is not a first choice, will be allowed to leave Anfield, Graham Potter\u2019s side are preparing to make an offer.<\/p>\n There is a belief he could be made available if the Reds sign another centre-back this summer.<\/p>\n For more Leeds United and exclusive news, follow us on Facebook<\/a> or join our brand new WhatsApp Channel<\/a> for instant updates to be sent straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago Sat 28 June 2025 7:45, UK Leeds United announced their second summer signing earlier this week,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,2922,101,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-220752","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-leeds-united","13":"tag-premier-league","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114759830603538833","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220752","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=220752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Lukas](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1751095937_49_Lukas-Nmecha-Leeds-fi-web-1024x576.png\")
Nmecha has joined Leeds (Credit: Hasan Karim, Breaking Media)Leeds underwhelming so far, says Wyness<\/p>\n![\"Leeds](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Farke-sad-1024x576.png\")
Leeds have flattered to deceive in the transfer market (Credit Hasan Karim, Breaking Media)West Ham and Leeds race to sign Gomez<\/strong><\/p>\n