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Phil Hay

2 years

🇦🇷 Out now… ‘And It Was Beautiful’ - The story of Leeds United in the Marcelo Bielsa Era, available in paperback with new epilogue. Published by @orionbooks and @SevenDialsBooks . Follow the link to order:

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Phil Hay

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4 years

If you cried at Bolton, if you got soaked at Histon, if you got humiliated at Hereford, if you felt broken after Derby last season. This is why you put yourself through it. This is why you stuck it out. Bury it all.

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3 years

Morning all. For medical reasons I’m about the step away from all this for a while. Easier to explain in an article than in tweets. Leeds coverage @TheAthleticUK will be unaffected. Keep living the dream 🇦🇷

Why I will be away from The Athletic for a while

I will be gone from The Athletic for a while and I didn't want to vanish without explaining why

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1 year

R9 had it right. Cristiano Ronaldo can do remarkable things but Lionel Messi does things virtually no-one else can. There’s a difference

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4 years

Bueno

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5 years

Bielsa on the attack on Jack Grealish yesterday: "The person who does the thing we saw yesterday expresses a series of frustrations which are not necessarily linked to football. Because the more satisfied you are with your personal life, the less you need to do this kind of act."

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3 years

Harvey Elliott on Struijk’s challenge (via Instagram)

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2 years

LEEDS ARE SAFE #lufc

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3 years

Just dropping in briefly to say surgery went well and 91 staples later, I’m on the mend. Can’t thank everyone enough for the good wishes and support I’ve had over the past month. God bless you and the staff at the LGI.

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2 years

The Bielsa years will go down as a magic, exceptional era at Leeds despite the struggles this season. The strongest connection between a club and a fanbase you'll ever see. Football being what it is, nothing's immune from results. But it was the ride you didn't want to get off.

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4 years

So many hands involved in promotion - Radrizzani, Bielsa, Orta, Kinnear, backroom team, crowds and, not least, a squad who took the crack of Bielsa's whip and ran with it. This will stand out as a unique period of the club's history.

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4 years

FT: Swansea 0 Leeds 1. Fuck yes. #lufc

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4 years

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4 years

Meslier from Lorient to Leeds on a permanent will be done today. Three year deal. Fee in the region of £5m. #lufc

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4 years

And the title 🏆

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5 years

After 15 years at the YEP, I'm leaving the paper next week. Thirteen years home and away with Leeds United, which has been some adventure. They say you get less for murder but you get less for winning the lottery too. I'm grateful for all of it.

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4 years

This won’t be the last acknowledgement of him but Bielsa is getting a street named after him by Trinity in Leeds. ‘Marcelo Bielsa Way’

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4 years

Leeds United confirm that Gaetano Berardi has signed a new contract to the end of the 2020-21 season. Much of that will cover his rehab after ACL surgery - a nice move for a player who deserved support after committing at the end of last season. #lufc

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4 years

Been so good to see Bielsa feel it and live it over the last 72 hours. A real gem.

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4 years

#Bielsa jumps out of his car leaving Pride Park to greet a disabled #LUFC fan

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4 years

Leeds United and Marcelo Bielsa are the same as each other. Despite any the flaws and idiosyncrasies, when it's good it's exquisite. And you wouldn't swap it for anything.

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3 years

After 39 months, the curse is broken. Get it right up you, London. #lufc

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5 years

Breaking - Leeds United confirm that Marcelo Bielsa's contract as head coach has been extended to the end of next season. #lufc

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4 years

The scene outside Mateusz Klich’s home in Tarnow, Poland. Banner was sent to the family by Polish Leeds fans last year. Worth the wait.

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4 years

✅ Rodrigo 🤝 Leeds United Club record £27m fee Four-year contract #LUFC

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3 years

Happy new year animals 🥃

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4 years

And like that, Jean-Kevin Augustin done - on loan to the end of the season:

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4 years

This is why Bielsa gets the kudos he does. Restructuring his team, coming here and playing like this. The coaches coach. #lufc

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3 years

What a diamond

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❤️

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5 years

Bielsa thanks us for our patience, tells us he's stupid for doing all this analysis, opens the door and walks out (of the room, not the club). We're done. #lufc

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4 years

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4 years

DONE DEAL - Leeds United complete the signing of Spain international Diego Llorente from Real Sociedad. Four-year deal. Fee around £18m. #lufc

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4 years

This is wonderfully tinpot

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4 years

BREAKING: Manchester United have reached an agreement with Odion Ighalo on personal terms and salary over a six-month loan from his parent club, Shanghai Shenhua, with an option to buy the 30-year-old.

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5 years

Now going through every Derby formation and showing who plays where most often and how is changes. He knows how many minutes each player has played in each position. You sort of wonder if even Lampard knows this much about Derby.

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2 months

FUCKING HELL FIRE

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5 years

Great story. Bielsa says he showed Guardiola his analysis after Bilbao lost to Barcelona in the Copa Del Rey final. "Guardiola had a look at it and he told me 'you know more about Barcelona than me'. But it was useless information because they scored three goals." #lufc

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9 months

I get that players have careers and decisions to make etc (and I get that there were failures elsewhere in the club too) - but christ, the squad who got Leeds relegated aren’t exactly digging in to redeem the failure. Let’s not pretend otherwise

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4 years

Bingo - Leeds United complete the signing of Raphinha from Rennes on a four-year contract. £17m plus add-ons. That ends the international window. #lufc

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5 years

My last day at the YEP. So I wrote a piece on football writing, covering Leeds United and, more importantly, Leeds itself:

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11 months

🚨 Excl - Talks over the past 24 hrs have sealed a deal between Andrea Radrizzani and 49ers Enterprises for the sale of Leeds United. Announcement expected tonight. Takeover needs EFL approval. But Leeds finally headed for new ownership. @TheAthleticFC

Leeds set for 49ers Enterprises takeover as sale agreement reached

Leeds United are finally set for new ownership after talks over the past 24 hours sealed an agreement for Andrea Radrizzani to sell his majority stake in the club to 49ers Enterprises. The two sides...

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3 years

A win at the Etihad in any circumstances would have been fantastic. To win like that...well, that's something very special for Bielsa and his squad. What a season. What a three years. #lufc

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4 years

Valencia confirm that an agreement is in place with Leeds for Rodrigo. Fee finalised this evening. Medical still to take place and personal terms to be finalised. Expect quick progress tomorrow. #lufc

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4 years

Leeds United yet to say anything about Cuisance but our understanding is that the deal is off. No more details at the moment but won't be happening. #lufc

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4 years

Douglas was a popular player at Leeds. Victor Orta has written an open letter to him. This part stood out:

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5 years

No point blaming that on Spygate. Mullered from start to finish by one of the best performances we've seen under Bielsa. Clarke fantastic, Forshaw never played better for Leeds. Bueno. #lufc

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5 years

Hoying down at Thorp Arch earlier, absolutely horrible. Drive out and Bielsa is on his own starting a long trek home to Wetherby, no coat and just a tracksuit top on with his hood up, getting soaked. “Would you like a lift??” “No thank you, I like this.” Such a one-off.

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3 years

Dan James. £25m. Five-year contract. Signed. @TheAthleticUK #lufc

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4 years

If I had to pick out one performance tonight, I think I'd go Ayling for his job on Mane. #lufc

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4 years

Rodrigo would be some start to life as a Premier League club. A big first hit in the market. Leeds seem as surprised as anyone that it's fallen into place but the club and Bielsa have sold the move. Sources in Spain anticipating a medical tomorrow. #lufc

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5 years

Kalvin Phillips agrees new five-year contract with Leeds United. Expected to sign tomorrow. Story here:

Exclusive: Phillips to sign new five-year deal with Leeds

Club turned down an offer from Aston Villa and the 23-year-old midfielder is now ready to commit to Leeds....

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4 years

There are nights when you really, really need it and this was one of those. Sensational fightback. Top of the league. Game on. #lufc

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4 years

Five wins on the bounce. No goals conceded. Leeds going top with a seven-point gap to third place. Don't say it..... #lufc

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4 years

There is is. This is what you live for. Title winners 2019-20. Leeds

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2 years

Raphinha's in the away end. If that penalty was his last act for Leeds then God speed. #lufc

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3 years

Leeds United have renamed Elland Road’s East Stand as The Jack Charlton Stand. Charlton, the club’s record appearance-maker, died earlier this year at the age of 85.

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4 years

Sources close to Augustin say he’s happy with what’s being offered by Leeds United and that Monaco will agree to terminate his loan from Leipzig. All the right noises. @TheAthleticUK #LUFC

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3 years

Great story with Dan James. His partner gave birth to a baby boy at lunchtime today. Spent a few hours at the hospital and then took a helicopter down to London to play tonight. Explains the very warm welcome he got from Cooper et al.

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4 years

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4 years

Start the car...

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2 years

Leeds should stand very firm on Raphinha. No need to compromise on value, no need to do Barcelona any favours, no reason to let anyone else control the situation. The club would have been exposed had they gone down but they're not exposed now.

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4 years

A lovely move - Leeds United to name the South Stand at Elland Road after Norman Hunter. #lufc

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2 years

My god. What a season. By the skin of their teeth but you know what - they needed to pull something out the bag today and they have. Ayling's sacked his crutches off and is getting stuck in. Everyone in front of the away end. After everything that's gone on, glorious. #lufc

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3 years

RAPHINHA........ #lufc

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5 years

Right up there with the best performances this season. Made Wednesday look clueless. A three-point advantage over Sheffield United with four games to go. You'd have taken that. My god, you'd have taken that. #lufc

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2 years

To cap an incredibly weird saga, reports in France say Bamba Dieng has failed his medical at Nice. #lufc

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4 years

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4 years

Rodrigo at £27m is what you'd hope for if you spent £27m. Klich at £1.5m is like the morning I saw someone walk into Penicuik rugby club, turn on the puggy, stick in a quid and win £200 with his third spin.

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4 years

You know what? I'm saying nowt. #lufc

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4 years

Champions

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2 years

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2 years

VAR decision - got the ball

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2 years

FT: Wolves 2 Leeds 3. #lufc

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4 years

For the last time in the EFL. Vamos Leeds Carajo...

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10 months

🚨 Leeds United set to confirm appointment of Daniel Farke as head coach in the next 24 hrs. Terms agreed, allowing him to fly in this evening. Due to be finalised even if takeover isn’t sealed first, with training set to start Wednesday. @TheAthleticFC

Leeds United to appoint Daniel Farke as new head coach

Leeds United are expected to appoint Daniel Farke as their new head coach in the next 24 hours. The 46-year-old German will join a club whose supporters and new owners will hope can secure promotion...

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3 years

Cooper terrific, Klich much closer to his best. Raphinha a box of tricks but the key point about him is that he seems to turn up game after game. Looking outstanding and consistently so. #lufc

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5 years

Leeds United have opened talks with Kalvin Phillips over a new contract. Offer made to him would place Phillips amongst the club’s higher earners. Current deal runs to 2021. #lufc

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🚨 Leeds United complete the signing of Joel Piroe from Swansea City. Four-year contract, undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £12m. Deal number five of the summer. And by a distance, the statement signing so far. Story @TheAthleticFC

Leeds complete Piroe signing from Swansea

Leeds United have completed the signing of striker Joel Piroe from Swansea.The 24-year-old has signed a four-year deal with the club to keep him at Elland Road until 2027.Piroe is Leeds' fifth summer...

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2 years

Been waiting for a win like that all season - where you come to a team like this and turn them over. More life in Leeds than West Ham today and they never let that go. Mega. #lufc

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4 years

✅ Robin Koch 🤝 Leeds United £13m fee Four-year contract #LUFC

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2 years

Bielsa on Forshaw: "I seriously had doubts that he could achieve what he has achieved. This is a message for those who doubted. It's a prize for his perseverance. He spent two years without playing. He never gave up." #lufc

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5 years

Twenty-four hours which, I think, would make you very proud of the city of Leeds if Leeds was your city.

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2 years

A statement win, easily the best of Marsch's reign to date and feels a bit like a watershed moment - the new era at Leeds properly embraced. Chelsea battered. #lufc

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3 years

This day 12 months ago. You’ll never have another experience quite like it. The years preceding it, the way it was delivered, the coach who delivered it. Pure magic.

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2 years

I'm too old for this

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9 months

Farke: "I’m quite pragmatic. If someone doesn’t want to be with us, he goes out of the dressing room and won’t train with us. I only want people who are fully focused and committed. I’m not begging or praying ‘please, please play for us.’ This club is too big.” #lufc

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4 years

Up there with the most stressful second halves I've ever seen

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4 years

Santa from 30 yards... GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL Merry Christmas everyone 🎄

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1 year

Jesse Marsch sacked as Leeds United manager. Decision taken following yesterday's defeat to Nottingham Forest. Departs after less than a year in charge. @TheAthleticFC

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4 years

Confirmed by Bielsa - Nketiah is going back to Arsenal. #lufc

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2 years

To say that was Forshaw's first 90 in a league game for 25 months, quite the performance. #lufc

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4 months

It's four. It's a fucking rout.

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1 year

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Firpo’s best game yet, at both ends of the pitch. Substitutions were good ones and Gelhardt’s got that thing going where every time he touches the ball, the crowd buzzes. Forshaw in the thick of it again. Decent. #lufc

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2 years

The season desperately needed something like this week - something a bit magical. Sometimes you just need football to run for you. Here it is. #lufc

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1 year

All the Leeds players donning Mateus Klich shirts. Klich in tears applauding the crowd and they're applauding him. This is it for him. #lufc

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1 year

Hearing that Alfred Schreuder no longer being considered for the Leeds job. Has gone back to Holland and won’t be appointed. Discussions now continuing with other candidates. Skubala continuing to work with the squad in the meantime. #lufc

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The Three Stripes are coming. Leeds United have announced a five-year kit deal with Adidas, starting from the 2020-21 season. Replaces the previous contract with Kappa. #lufc

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1 year

Let's not beat around the bush. That's a sensational win, set up by a fantastic performance which laid the groundwork and paid off when it mattered. Marsch subdued at the end - but have a look at his celebration of the winner. Probably no goal ever felt that good. #lufc

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Third in the table. Villa blown away. Disruption to Bielsa's defence made to look like a minor inconvenience. Nice coach journey home. #lufc

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