{"id":881431,"date":"2026-04-09T02:03:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T02:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/881431\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T02:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T02:03:21","slug":"dan-james-contract-extension-aging-poorly-for-leeds-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/881431\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan James contract extension aging poorly for Leeds United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another muscle injury for Dan James is the latest concerning development for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/tag\/leeds-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leeds United<\/a> winger following a new long-term deal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Whites are through to the FA Cup semi-finals after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/lucas-perri-helps-take-us-to-wembley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a dramatic win over West Ham on penalties<\/a> on Sunday, as both sides also bid to stay in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>However, the club came out of this fixture with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/anton-stach-suffers-ankle-injury-amid-leeds-uniteds-var-disgrace\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiple injury concerns<\/a> to contend with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/harry-maguire-banned-for-man-utd-v-leeds-united-next-month\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as attention turns to Old Trafford next week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dan James ruled out for a couple of weeks after new Leeds United setback<\/p>\n<p>Prior to kick-off, a couple of absentees were confirmed with winger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/new-two-week-injury-setback-confirmed-for-leeds-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dan James and full-back Gabriel Gudmundsson both missing from the squad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While Gudmundsson was left out due to a minor issue best not risked, James is looking at another stint on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>A new adductor strain for James sees him ruled out for a \u2018couple of weeks\u2019, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GrahamSmyth\/status\/2040801796730257590\" rel=\"nofollow\">Graham Smyth<\/a>. That potentially sees him ruled out until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/fa-cup-semi-final-chelsea-handed-fixture-advantage-over-leeds-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">our midweek clash against Bournemouth on April 22nd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the 24\/25 season, James has missed 25 games through injury. And, he\u2019s looking at more with this new setback.<\/p>\n<p>Long-term Leeds United contract for Dan James is not ageing well at Elland Road<\/p>\n<p>After promotion back to the Premier League, it wasn\u2019t a surprise to see James <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/leeds-united-secure-dan-james-new-contract-agreement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in line for a new long-term contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He was one of the Championship\u2019s best last season, in fairness. However, it\u2019s a deal that certainly hasn\u2019t aged well whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>I was hopeful he\u2019d have more of a part to play this season, and therefore justify his contract renewal. But, he\u2019s been constantly injured and you worry about whether he\u2019s ever going to get back to his best.<\/p>\n<p>With a deal running until 2029, Leeds have committed to James for a long time. Let\u2019s hope he can shake off these issues and have a say on our season.<\/p>\n<p>His incredible goal for Wales during international duty shows what he\u2019s got in the locker. We\u2019re just not seeing it, and haven\u2019t for nearly 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Love<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Funny<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Wow<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Sad<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Angry<\/p>\n<p>\t\tPost navigation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another muscle injury for Dan James is the latest concerning development for the Leeds United winger following a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":881432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,72047,1385,25764,393,4884,1860,2922,142361,142362,16,15],"class_list":["post-881431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-leeds","tag-britain","tag-dan-james","tag-daniel-farke","tag-elland-road","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-leeds","tag-leeds-united","tag-lufc","tag-the-whites","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116372295480288069","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881431","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=881431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/881432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}