{"id":359240,"date":"2025-08-20T10:55:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T10:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/359240\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T10:55:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T10:55:19","slug":"thomas-frank-opens-door-for-manor-solomon-to-leeds-united-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/359240\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Frank opens door for Manor Solomon to Leeds United return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Frank-Solomon-1140x641.png\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Manor Solomon playing for Leeds with Thomas Frank\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Credit: Imago)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755687316_46_00b64913d297112f0119828c00681b23\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Josh Edwards\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Wed 20 August 2025 7:40, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Manor Solomon\u2019s return to Leeds United cannot be ruled out this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leeds United marked their return to the Premier League with a <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/matchday\/ampadu-truly-outstanding-4-10-player-a-disappointment-leeds-player-ratings-v-everton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1-0 win against Everton at Elland Road<\/a>, though frailties were still exposed.<\/p>\n<p>Despite dominating the game, especially in the early stages, Leeds failed to create any clear-cut chances, and much of that was down to their lack of attacking quality.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/medical-booked-as-noah-okafor-makes-full-new-contract-commitment-to-leeds-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds are set to sign Noah Okafor<\/a> in an attempt to rectify that, but a return for <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/manor-solomon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solomon<\/a> could still be on the cards in the next two weeks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/manor-solomon-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Manor Solomon in Leeds attire\" class=\"wp-image-190480\" \/>Solomon was excellent for Leeds last season (Credit: Imago)<\/p>\n<p>This article includes exclusive comments from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/author\/paulrobinsonleeds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former Leeds United goalkeeper Paul Robinson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thomas Frank ready to sanction Solomon exit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/opinion\/leeds-plan-for-life-without-manor-solomon-as-new-forward-linked-with-elland-rd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solomon was outstanding for Leeds<\/a> last season, and it seemed like a no-brainer to bring him back to Elland Road if the chance emerged.<\/p>\n<p>However, Leeds seemingly moved on from that interest, but after <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/opinion\/igor-paixao-will-already-regret-leeds-snub-as-marseille-open-new-transfer-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failing to sign Igor Paixao<\/a>, they could return in the latter stages of the window, and Paul Robinson believes it would still be an excellent signing.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to <strong>MOT Leeds News<\/strong>, he said: \u201cManor Solomon was a big integral part of what they did last year, he was quality. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d be delighted if he came back, and I still think there\u2019s an opportunity they can.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>Competition<\/td>\n<td>Appearances<\/td>\n<td>Goals<\/td>\n<td>Assists<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Championship<\/td>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FA Cup<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Total<\/td>\n<td>41<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Solomon\u2019s stats in all competitions last season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Thomas Frank did his post-game interview\u00a0when they were talking about Son leaving, he went on to say that the squad\u2019s heavily subscribed in those areas,\u00a0named about five to eight players,\u00a0and Solomon wasn\u2019t one of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I do think there\u2019s an opportunity to still get him.\u00a0Why is it taking this long if they do want to get him? I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/daniel-farke-leeds-united-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds United's Daniel Farke looking serious\" class=\"wp-image-172886\" \/>Leeds boss Daniel Farke needs attacking reinforcements (Credit: Imago)<strong>Solomon return would make sense for Leeds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds<\/a> need a left-winger, while Solomon needs somewhere he can go and play regular first-team football. It\u2019s a match made in heaven for several reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Solomon knows the squad, knows the club and perhaps more importantly, knows what is required to thrive in the <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a>, having done so in the past with Fulham.<\/p>\n<p>Unless Leeds have a trick up their sleeve in the last 12 days of the window, it would be a mistake to pass up on his signing.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFloxY1SWsv0yud4k0u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">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>Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago) Wed 20 August 2025 7:40, UK Manor Solomon\u2019s return to Leeds United cannot be ruled out&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,12415,23534,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-359240","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-manor-solomon","10":"tag-paul-robinson","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115060731118610890","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359240","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=359240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}