{"id":361325,"date":"2025-08-21T05:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/361325\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T05:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:55:12","slug":"leeds-uniteds-final-noah-okafor-concern-is-now-over-as-fabrizio-romano-gives-brand-new-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/361325\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United&#8217;s final Noah Okafor concern is now over as Fabrizio Romano gives brand new update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Leeds United are set to announce the signing of Noah Okafor from AC Milan today, with a deal agreed with the Italian giants earlier in the week and Okafor travelling on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/leedsunited.news\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leeds<\/a> have chosen to move for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/noah-okafor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Okafor<\/a> after his performance against The Whites in Dublin. He left Isaac Schmidt bamboozled, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/transfers\/the-two-reasons-that-convinced-leeds-united-to-sign-noah-okafor-including-liverpool-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds were also impressed with Okafor\u2019s brace in a 4-2 win over Liverpool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LeedsUnited.News<\/strong> broke the news that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/transfers\/leeds-uniteds-ninth-summer-signing-is-done-as-redbull-play-key-role\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds had agreed a deal for Okafor on Tuesday<\/a>, with RedBull playing a key part in the role. Switzerland international Okafor played for Salzburg under Jesse Marsch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/transfers\/noah-okafor-pictured-on-plane-as-ac-milan-star-jets-in-to-undergo-leeds-united-medical-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Okafor was pictured travelling to England<\/a> ahead of a Leeds medical on Wednesday and now, Fabrizio Romano has delivered a late-night update on Okafor with a deal expected to be confirmed very soon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2230669993-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"AC Milan forward Noah Okafor\" class=\"wp-image-107762\" \/>Photo by Jonathan Moscrop\/Getty ImagesLeeds\u2019 final Noah Okafor concern is over as he passes medical<\/p>\n<p>Back in January, Okafor was desperate to leave Milan to get some game time and he was close to going to Leipzig. Again, RedBull likely to have played a key role, but Okafor failed a medical with the Germans.<\/p>\n<p>Leipzig ruled that Okafor was not 100% fit and a move did not materialise. But Romano has taken to X on Wednesday evening to confirm that Okafor has passed a Leeds medical and a deal is now complete.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2217998699-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Fabrizio Romano prior to Champions League final between PSG and Inter Milan.\" class=\"wp-image-98467\" \/>Photo by Michael Regan \u2013 UEFA\/UEFA via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Any concerns about a repeat of Okafor failing a medical at Leeds are over, and The Whites will be relieved that they can now push on and sign the attacker. Leeds finally bring in a replacement for Manor Solomon.<\/p>\n<p>Romano said it will be confirmed today: \u201cUnderstand Noah Okafor has passed his medical. All documents are signed between Leeds United and AC Milan. Leeds United club statement to follow on Thursday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MORE LEEDS UNITED STORIES<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udfe1\ud83d\udd35 Understand Noah Okafor has passed his medical.<\/p>\n<p>All documents are signed between Leeds United and AC Milan.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#LUFC<\/a> club statement to follow on Thursday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tbs3GijeKf\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Tbs3GijeKf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1958264037546008598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p> Noah Okafor becomes Leeds\u2019 second-most-expensive signing<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of Okafor will see Leeds go close to splashing \u00a3100m on new players this summer. As things stand, quirky midfielder Anton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/transfers\/the-exact-amount-leeds-united-are-paying-to-sign-anton-stach-including-add-ons-value\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stach is the club\u2019s most expensive summer addition at a lofty \u00a319.9m<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Behind Stach is goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/transfers\/adam-underwood-masterclass-as-leeds-united-set-to-pay-less-than-expected-for-lucas-perri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucas Perri, who has set the club back \u00a315.6m<\/a>, with Leeds taking advantage of Lyon\u2019s financial problems to land the giant goalkeeper for a fee that many consider below his true value.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Signed from<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Fee<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Anton Stach<\/td>\n<td>Hoffenheim<\/td>\n<td>\u00a319.9m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Noah Okafor<\/td>\n<td>AC Milan<\/td>\n<td>\u00a318m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lucas Perri<\/td>\n<td>Lyon<\/td>\n<td>\u00a315.6m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sean Longstaff<\/td>\n<td>Newcastle<\/td>\n<td>\u00a315m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jaka Bijol<\/td>\n<td>Udinese<\/td>\n<td>\u00a315m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gabriel Gudmundsson<\/td>\n<td>Lille<\/td>\n<td>\u00a310m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sebastiaan Bornauw<\/td>\n<td>Wolfsburg<\/td>\n<td>\u00a35m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dominic Calvert-Lewin<\/td>\n<td>Everton<\/td>\n<td>Free<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lukas Nmecha<\/td>\n<td>Wolfsburg<\/td>\n<td>Free<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Sean Longstaff and Jaka Bijol have cost \u00a315m, while the impressive Gabriel Gudmundsson was a bargain at \u00a310m. Sebastiaan Bornauw cost \u00a35m, and Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Lukas Nmecha were free deals.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United are set to announce the signing of Noah Okafor from AC Milan today, with a deal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,121657,100,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-361325","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-noah-okafor","13":"tag-transfer-news","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115065213832336784","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361325","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=361325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}