{"id":530422,"date":"2025-10-27T04:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T04:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/530422\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T04:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T04:05:14","slug":"where-is-james-debayo-former-leeds-man-still-without-clarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/530422\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is James Debayo? Former Leeds man still without clarity"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was no confirmation during Leeds United\u2019s<\/a> retained list or the summer window that 20-year-old defender James Debayo had actually left the club.<\/strong><\/p>\n

United made a number of changes to the squad during the summer window. Daniel Farke was in charge of cut-throat decisions to mould his side ahead of a return to the Premier League, including letting players go.<\/p>\n

Some needed loans for better playing opportunities, while others simply had to leave Leeds in order to progress into the next stages of their career.<\/p>\n

Most Read on LeedsAllOver<\/p>\n

Where is James Debayo? Former Leeds United youngster still has no transfer exit confirmation<\/p>\n

Leeds\u2019 retained list<\/a> in the summer saw four academy youngsters offered new terms to stay at the club: Rory Mahady, Coban Bird, Harvey Vincent and James Debayo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of those four, three of them were confirmed to have signed a new contract, but Debayo didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\"\"James Debayo still has no confirmation of whereabouts after seemingly leaving Leeds United. (Action Images\/Craig Brough)<\/p>\n

The only \u2018confirmation\u2019 regarding Debayo\u2019s whereabouts came from Daniel Farke<\/a>, who discussed the arrivals of Jaka Bijol and Sebastiaan Bornauw as replacements for Debayo and Max W\u00f6ber:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have, for example, replaced two centre-backs \u2013 Max Wober and James Debayo \u2013 with Jaka Bijol and Sebastiaan Bornauw,\u201d he said at the time.<\/p>\n

Has James Debayo found a new club yet after \u2018leaving\u2019 Leeds United?<\/p>\n

Farke\u2019s comments more or less confirm that Debayo is no longer at the club. It would make sense given that he\u2019s not been present ever since at senior or U21 level.<\/p>\n

Transfermarkt<\/a> have the player listed on Leeds U21s\u2019 books, still, which is of course incorrect. But, he\u2019s not yet signed for another club it seems.<\/p>\n

Football Insider<\/a> reported that the 20-year-old gained interest from Belgian outfit Cercle Brugge, and Portuguese side SC Uni\u00e3o Torreense. No such confirmation at either club has followed since.<\/p>\n

Debayo himself hasn\u2019t shared any updates on social media since July 6th. Meanwhile, no new clubs have tagged the centre-back in any transfer activity.<\/p>\n

Farke admitted<\/a> he was \u201cvery impressed\u201d by the youngster around a year ago. So, for his career to hit this brick wall is a frustrating development.<\/p>\n

Read more: Leeds United proven right to cut ties with forward during the summer\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There was no confirmation during Leeds United\u2019s retained list or the summer window that 20-year-old defender James Debayo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,25764,393,4884,109979,1860,2922,142361,142362,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-530422","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-elland-road","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-james-debayo","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-leeds-united","15":"tag-lufc","16":"tag-the-whites","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115444156491793099","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530422","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=530422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}