{"id":600458,"date":"2025-11-29T03:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T03:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/600458\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T03:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T03:03:17","slug":"new-sebastiaan-bornauw-update-leeds-united-wasted-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/600458\/","title":{"rendered":"New Sebastiaan Bornauw update – Leeds United wasted millions"},"content":{"rendered":"

As much as Daniel Farke<\/a> is taking plenty of criticism at the moment, it has to be said that the summer recruitment at Leeds United<\/a> was far from optimal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Whites\u2019 start to life back in the Premier League was very encouraging. However, it\u2019s since tailed off and leaves Daniel Farke staring down the barrel at a dismissal.<\/p>\n

In order to turn his fortunes around, he\u2019s going to need shock results against Manchester City<\/a>, Chelsea and Liverpool.<\/p>\n

Most Read on LeedsAllOver<\/p>\n

Daniel Farke reveals Leeds United team news \u2013 Sebastiaan Bornauw still struggling with injury<\/p>\n

Farke\u2019s pre-match press conference<\/a> brought a brutal injury update from the middle of midfield. Sean Longstaff has picked up a calf issue that rules him out for four-to-six weeks, likely to be out until the new year.<\/p>\n

Mweanwhile, Anton Stach\u2019s head injury against Aston Villa sees him sit out due to concussion protocols. Farke shared that the club hope Stach can return to full training from Sunday onward, meaning he\u2019d likely return against Chelsea.<\/p>\n

\"\"Sebastiaan Bornauw is yet to feature in the Premier League for Leeds United. (Action Images via Reuters\/Craig Brough)<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Sebastiaan Bornauw still looks like an injury concern for Farke. He revealed that the Belgian centre-back is still struggling with an MCL issue, unable to train this week as a result.<\/p>\n

49ers wasted millions on Sebastiaan Bornauw investment, and it\u2019s backfiring for Leeds United<\/p>\n

Bornauw joined Leeds for a reported \u00a35million<\/a> fee from Wolfsburg during July, adding much-needed depth to the squad.<\/p>\n

On face value, a relatively experienced centre-back to provide cover to the squad was a wise move. However, his injury issues were a notable concern before he\u2019d even arrived at the club, and have been realised ever since joining.<\/p>\n

His only appearance thus far was in a shaky outing against Sheffield Wednesday in the EFL Cup. But granted, virtually everyone apart from the subs was poor that night.<\/p>\n

But, he\u2019s not been able to have any impact in the Premier League thus far. Even if Farke were intending to call upon Bornauw as an option, he\u2019s only been fit enough for the bench in five league games this season. He\u2019s been ruled out for an alarming seven matches. Soon to be eight if he can\u2019t make the bench at the Etihad.<\/p>\n

Knowing how tight money ended up being for Leeds<\/a> to make attacking signings, it begs the question of why Leeds portioned \u00a35million for a centre-back that probably won\u2019t make a Premier League start unless we have a major injury crisis.<\/p>\n

Max W\u00f6ber was loaned out, but could have been kept as a squad player that could also cover at left-back. There were definitely more cost-effective options out there for Leeds than dishing out \u00a35million on Bornauw. At the moment, we don\u2019t look like ever being able to lean on his presence.<\/p>\n

Read more: Leeds United predicted XI to face Manchester City.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As much as Daniel Farke is taking plenty of criticism at the moment, it has to be said…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,1385,25764,393,4884,1860,2922,142361,22140,89249,142362,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-600458","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-daniel-farke","10":"tag-elland-road","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-leeds-united","15":"tag-lufc","16":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","17":"tag-sebastiaan-bornauw","18":"tag-the-whites","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115630769525083949","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600458","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=600458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}