{"id":375382,"date":"2025-08-26T16:35:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T16:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/375382\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T16:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T16:35:17","slug":"leeds-agree-record-breaking-transfer-fee-ex-hull-chief-brokers-deal-with-medical-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/375382\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds agree record-breaking transfer fee, ex-Hull chief brokers deal with medical underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Leeds-Marathe-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Leeds United chief 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\/1756226115_374_5848db4324c310988559cebb9bd78bda\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Jack Dawson\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Tue 26 August 2025 16:27, UK Updated Tue 26 August 2025 16:47, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds have had a busy transfer window to date, overseeing the signing of 10 players so far.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds\u2019<\/a> business is not set to end here, with the West Yorkshire club looking to remain active in the transfer window going into the remaining days.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/when-leeds-united-could-announce-james-justin-transfer-as-medical-done\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Justin arrived at Elland Road<\/a>, becoming the Peacocks\u2019 latest signing.<\/p>\n<p>On top of new additons, sales could also be overseen, with stars such as <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/opinion\/patrick-bamford-heads-towards-mutual-contract-termination-after-latest-leeds-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Bamford no longer needed at Leeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/daniel-farke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Farke<\/a> has struck a deal which should see some extra funds come into <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elland Road<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/james-justin-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Leicester City defender James Justin\" class=\"wp-image-205158\" \/>James Justin is Leeds\u2019 latest signing (Credit: Imago)<strong>Sam Greenwod set to leave Leeds United for Pogon Szczecin for \u00a33.46m <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/sam-greenwood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sam Greenwood<\/a> has been a forgotten player at Leeds United in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>After coming through <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/category\/youth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds\u2019 academy<\/a>, the attacker struggled to cement a spot in the first team, which resulted in multiple loans. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/leeds-triple-sale-expected-as-daniel-farke-snub-virtually-guaranteed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greenwood had been expected to leave Leeds<\/a> this summer, and now this looks set to become a reality.<\/p>\n<p>Now, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/weszlo.com\/2025\/08\/26\/sam-greenwood-pogon-szczecin-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Weszlo<\/a> on 26 August, Greenwood is now set to depart the Peacocks permanently, joining Polish side Pogon Szczecin.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Sam Greenwood\u2019s Leeds United career<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/><\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Appearances <\/td>\n<td>35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goals <\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Assists<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Greenwood struggled to make an impact on the pitch at Leeds<\/p>\n<p>The transfer fee and salary are set to be a record for the Ekstraklasa, with Fabrizio Romano via X on 26 August quoting the fee to be \u00a33.46million.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Greenwood is expected to sign a three-year deal and is currently undergoing a medical. <\/p>\n<p>The architect of this transfer is reportedly Tan Kesler, CEO of the Szczecin club. The former Hull City vice-chairman personally convinced Greenwood to move to Ekstraklasa after a recent visit to the UK.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/fabrizioromano\/status\/1960356165549711792?s<\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Paraag Marathe has done well to sell Sam Greenwood this summer <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Going into the final days of the transfer window, Leeds had little time to finalise a sale for Greenwood.<\/p>\n<p>The attacker only had one year left on his contract and could have left on a free transfer to Pogon in January via a pre-contract agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/paraag-marathe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paraag Maratha<\/a> and Farke deserve credit for not only selling Greenwood but also getting a fee for the attacking midfielder.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>Greenwood joined Leeds from Arsenal in 2020 and went into the academy<\/li>\n<li>In 2021, he made his first-team debut for the Peacocks<\/li>\n<li>Last season, Greenwood was loaned out to Preston, netting seven times<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It was clear that the 23-year-old was not in any plans this season. Therefore, these funds may now help Farke bring in more potential additions before the transfer window closes.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, Leeds will also be able to sell many of their other outcasts before the end of the month. <\/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<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago) Tue 26 August 2025 16:27, UK Updated Tue 26 August 2025 16:47, UK Leeds have had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,26575,14148,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-375382","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-paraag-marathe","13":"tag-sam-greenwood","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115096041996485169","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375382","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=375382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}