{"id":349568,"date":"2025-08-16T16:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T16:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/349568\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T16:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T16:32:11","slug":"leicester-city-make-official-james-justin-decision-amid-leeds-united-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/349568\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester City make official James Justin decision amid Leeds United interest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leeds United are one of the clubs in talks to sign Leicester City full-back James Justin, with Daniel Farke\u2019s side said to be closing in on the deal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

James Justin<\/a> could become Leeds United\u2019s<\/a> ninth signing of the summer. Leeds United News<\/strong> revealed exclusively that the Leicester City full-back is on Leeds\u2019 radar<\/a>. He will add to Jayden Bogle, Gabriel Gudmundsson, and Sam Byram.<\/p>\n

Since then, Justin and Leeds are closing in on an agreement<\/a>. Having had highs and lows with Leicester over the last six years, Justin arguably needs a fresh start at Leeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They are now closing in on the deal to bring him in. Not only that, but Justin\u2019s mentality is to become a Leeds starter<\/a>, be that in place of Bogle or Gudmundsson at left-back or right-back.<\/p>\n

\"JamesPhoto by Malcolm Couzens\/Getty ImagesThe latest regarding Leeds and Leicester City\u2019s James Justin<\/p>\n

Leeds have advanced in talks but it does not appear a deal is imminent. A concrete fee regarding a deal for Justin is yet to materialise, but Everton also wanted Justin for \u00a36 million<\/a> earlier in the window.<\/p>\n

Marti Cifuentes has already dropped hints on Justin\u2019s Leicester future<\/a>, but he remains a Leicester player. Justin is in the final year of his contract and they may well be open to selling, but it\u2019s not a done deal yet.<\/p>\n

Not only did Justin start during Leicester\u2019s game against Preston North End in the Championship on Saturday afternoon, but the full-back was named as captain once again.<\/p>\n

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Leicester lost the clash 2-1 and Justin played 77 minutes for the Foxes. It could well be his last game for the club, should Leeds accelerate talks over the coming days.<\/p>\n

However, a potential spanner in the works is that Leicester took the player off and reported it was an injury. It\u2019s unclear yet if it\u2019s merely precautionary but it could impact a deal if it\u2019s anything serious.<\/p>\n

Justin and Bilal El Khannouss started against Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> last weekend and the same was the case today at Deepdale.<\/p>\n

\"SamPhoto by Malcolm Bryce \u2013 LUFC\/Leeds United via Getty ImagesWhat a move for James Justin means for Sam Byram at Leeds United<\/p>\n

Justin\u2019s versatility is what Leeds fans want<\/a> and is evidently what the Elland Road recruitment team and hierarchy are keen to bring in, too.<\/p>\n

Byram can also be utilised on both flanks, but he is not the quickest and he also turns 32 next month. Therefore, having Justin to cover left and right-back pushes Byram to third-choice right-back and third-choice left-back simultaneously.<\/p>\n

Leeds fans already have Byram reservations<\/a> regarding his suitability to the Premier League at his age and with his lack of athleticism. Having more than one versatile option, therefore, makes sense for Leeds.<\/p>\n

Justin may not be the player he once was pre-ACL issues, with his potential not fulfilled from the early promise shown at Luton, but he will improve upon Byram and Isaac Schmidt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United are one of the clubs in talks to sign Leicester City full-back James Justin, with Daniel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,114818,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-349568","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-james-justin","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115039407189744266","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349568","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=349568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}