{"id":362855,"date":"2025-08-21T19:49:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/362855\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T19:49:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:49:18","slug":"leeds-united-player-has-already-scheduled-flights-as-transfer-exit-edges-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/362855\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United player has &#8216;already scheduled flights&#8217; as transfer exit edges closer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Leeds-Farke-Marathe-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Leeds United manager Daniel Farke and Paraag Marathe\" 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\/1755805755_627_eca62851c76ed78ed04ae8d3a8954940\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Aheed Abrar\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Thu 21 August 2025 20:10, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds United are working hard on giving Daniel Farke a competitive squad to survive Premier League relegation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/noah-okafors-first-words-as-a-leeds-player-as-official-announcement-made\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noah Okafor became the ninth signing at Leeds<\/a> after completing a move for a little over \u00a317.3million from AC Milan.<\/p>\n<p>Mateo Joseph was the last player to leave the Whites this summer, but there may yet be more activity before the end of August, with the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/opinion\/leeds-united-have-august-priority-as-bamford-to-leave-in-double-elland-road-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Bamford not in Farke\u2019s plans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A balanced squad will undoubtedly be key to avoiding a return to the Championship, and the West Yorkshire outfit could potentially make a new exit announcement soon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Daniel-Farke--1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds United manager Daniel Farke\" class=\"wp-image-194812\" \/>Farke could be saying goodbye to a player at Elland Road. (Credit: Imago)<strong>SV Werder Bremen confident of Isaac Schmidt deal with Leeds United<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SV Werder Bremen are waiting for Leeds\u2019 green light to sign Isaac Schmidt, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deichstube.de\/news\/werder-bremen-transfer-stau-der-stand-bei-michael-gregoritsch-andi-zeqiri-isaac-schmidt-alexander-schwolow-karl-hein-bundesliga-zr-93890332.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DeichStube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The news outlet reported on 21 August that the Bundesliga outfit have reached an agreement for the 25-year-old\u2019s arrival from <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elland Road<\/a>, with a buy option expected to be included in a loan deal.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been claimed that the German outfit had \u201calready scheduled flights\u201d for the Switzerland international\u2019s medical, but the West Yorkshire outfit thwarted those plans as they look for a replacement.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s hope a move will eventually materialise as <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/isaac-schmidt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schmidt<\/a> looks to end his underwhelming tenure in LS11 after playing just 71 minutes in the Championship last season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/opinion\/leeds-united-have-free-run-at-13m-christantus-uche-transfer-after-latest-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds have free run at \u00a313m Christantus Uche transfer after latest update<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Isaac-Schmidt-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Isaac Schmidt in action for Leeds United\" class=\"wp-image-203589\" \/>Leeds may have found their replacement Schmidt. (Credit: Imago)<strong>James Hill to replace Isaac Schmidt at Elland Road<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/leeds-united-want-james-hill-transfer-as-daniel-farke-looks-at-next-signing-already\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bournemouth defender James Hill is a Leeds target<\/a>, and the Englishman could potentially replace Schmidt in LS11.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old moved to Bournemouth in 2022 from Fleetwood Town but has failed to break into the Cherries\u2019 starting lineup over the years.<\/p>\n<p>With the versatile centre-back capable of playing on the right side of the defence, he may open the doors for the Switzerland international\u2019s exit from the West Yorkshire outfit.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>Schmidt moved to Elland Road for \u00a32.5million from St Gallen in August 2024.<\/li>\n<li>The defender has a contract until 2028 in LS11.<\/li>\n<li>The right-back\u2019s only two starts for the Whites came in the FA Cup last season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/leeds-united-can-strike-for-james-justin-as-positive-injury-update-emerges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds have also been linked with James Justin<\/a>, but the Leicester City right-back picked up an injury recently and it remains to be seen how serious his knock is.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old is capable of playing across the backline and boasts undeniable Premier League experience, which will definitely come in handy in LS11 this season.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/james-hill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hill\u2019s<\/a> age and natural instincts as a central defender may make him a more valuable squad option for the Whites, with Jayden Bogle cementing his place at right-back.<\/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) Thu 21 August 2025 20:10, UK Leeds United are working hard on giving Daniel Farke a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,26817,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-362855","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-isaac-schmidt","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115068493657551678","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362855","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=362855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}