{"id":887397,"date":"2026-04-11T18:37:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T18:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/887397\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T18:37:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T18:37:23","slug":"leeds-united-and-mallorca-jointly-decide-on-mateo-joseph-surgey-striker-devastated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/887397\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United and Mallorca jointly decide on Mateo Joseph surgey, striker devastated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2-Insets-Alternative-4-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Leeds United striker Mateo Joseph in action for Mallorca\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" 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\/2026\/04\/eca62851c76ed78ed04ae8d3a8954940.png\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Aheed Abrar\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Sat 11 April 2026 17:40, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/leeds-united\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds United<\/a> striker Mateo Joseph is expected to be on the sidelines for six to eight months after being injured at Real Mallorca.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimahora.es\/deportes\/real-mallorca\/2026\/04\/10\/2606255\/mateo-joseph-apostaba-por-seguir-mallorca-proximo-curso.html#goog_rewarded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ultima Hora<\/a> on 10 April, the centre-forward will undergo surgery in the coming days after a joint decision by Whites and the LaLiga side.<\/p>\n<p>The news outlet reports that the 22-year-old is extremely upset as he had initially hoped it wasn\u2019t a serious fitness issue after picking up a knock in training.<\/p>\n<p>It has been claimed that the Spain Under-21 international wants to stay at Estadi Mallorca Son Moix, but that now seems unrealistic following the latest setback.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/leeds-united\/injuries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joseph will return to Elland Road<\/a> at the end of the season and there\u2019s a long road to recovery ahead for the young striker.<\/p>\n<p> \ud83e\udd15 LEEDS UNITED INJURY UPDATE \ud83e\udd15 <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 20px 0; color: #ffffff; font-size: 15px; opacity: 0.9;\">Latest team news, Thorp Arch fitness reports, and expected return dates for the Whites.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; color: #ffffff; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; opacity: 0.8;\">Get 24\/7 updates from your definitive Whites source<\/p>\n<p>Mateo Joseph in limbo after injury away from Leeds United<\/p>\n<p>Mallorca were keen on extending Joseph\u2019s stay for the 2026-27 campaign after being impressed by his importance to their success.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish club are confident that the youngster could flourish in LaLiga, but it remains to be seen what the future holds for him now.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>Statistics<\/td>\n<td>Mateo Joseph<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Appearances<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Starts<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goals<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Assists<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Penalty won<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Possession lost per game<\/td>\n<td>6.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Average Sofascore rating<\/td>\n<td>6.66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Joseph\u2019s LaLiga record this season, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofascore.com\/football\/player\/mateo-joseph\/1170693#tab:season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sofascore<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joseph asked <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/managers\/daniel-farke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Farke<\/a> to leave Elland Road last summer for consistent opportunities and he will now return to the Whites with a serious injury.<\/p>\n<p>If the West Yorkshire outfit stay in the Premier League, it would be surprising to see the centre-forward get chances in LS11 once he returns to full fitness, leaving his future uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>Paraag Marathe may have to cut his losses at Elland Road<\/p>\n<p>Paraag Marathe has immense faith in Joseph\u2019s talent, which is why Leeds didn\u2019t want to include an option for Mallorca to buy him at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish attacker\u2019s contract at Elland Road runs until 2028 and may only be able to return to action next year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Joseph-stats-Leeds-United-820x1024.png\" alt=\"Mateo Joseph's Championship stats for Leeds United last season.\" class=\"wp-image-199808\" \/>Credit: Imago<\/p>\n<p>It would make sense for the Whites to cut their losses on the young centre-forward and sell him when they get the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph should prioritise his future and look for pastures new to develop further when he returns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago Sat 11 April 2026 17:40, UK Leeds United striker Mateo Joseph is expected to be on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":887398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,40939,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-887397","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-mateo-joseph","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116387529316680908","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887397","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=887397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/887398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}