Every completed Leeds United transfer in summer 2025: Signings, exits, loans

Leeds United are back in the Premier League for the 2025-26 season and are working on getting their squad up to standard ahead of the challenge.

It was second time lucky for Leeds in their attempt to get back in the top flight after their relegation in 2023. Daniel Farke is now ready for another crack at the Premier League, but as with any promoted side, just sticking with what he already had likely wouldn’t be enough.

Thus, Leeds are at work to reinforce in several positions as they aim to break the recent trend of promoted teams going straight back down to the Championship.

Here is a roundup of every signing they have made this summer and every player leaving, at first team and academy level.

Leeds United signings

Lukas Nmecha

From: Wolfsburg
Fee: Free
Position: Forward
Age: 26

The capture of Nmecha came out of the blue, with Leeds announcing his upcoming arrival in the middle of June.

With his Wolfsburg contract expiring, Nmecha agreed a two-year contract to return to English football.

Previously, he came through the Manchester City academy, making two Premier League appearances, and had loan spells in the Championship with Preston North End and Middlesbrough.

“It’s just a great challenge and I’m really excited to get to know the team,” Nmecha told LUTV.

“I’ve spoken with the manager many times and I’m excited to play that style of football that they played in the Championship, even in the Premier League.”

Nmecha scored 19 goals from 73 games at Wolfsburg after returning to the German club – where he previously played on loan – in 2021.

Mainly a centre-forward, which is a position Leeds have been looking to upgrade, Nmecha can also play on the wing.

Jaka Bijol

From: Udinese
Fee: £15m
Position: Centre-back
Age: 26

The Slovenian is right-footed centre-back who has spent the last three years in the Italian top flight with Udinese. He makes the move to Elland Road to bolster a backline that is now back in the big time following promotion last season.

Bijol made 95 appearances for Udinese in all competitions during his time with the Serie outfit, becoming a mainstay of their defence in the process.

In the 2024/25 campaign, Bijol played the second-most minutes in the Udinese squad, behind only Jesper Karlstrom. He was also appointed vice-captain of the club in July 2024.

He will bring some much-needed experience, competition and depth to a centre-back room that also includes the likes of Joe Rodon and Pascal Struijk.

Sebastiaan Bornauw

From: Wolfsburg
Fee: £5.1m
Position: Centre-back
Age: 26

The Belgium international is the third signing made by Leeds since their return to the Premier League following the arrivals of Lukas Nmecha and Jaka Bijol.

Bornauw moved from Anderlecht to Cologne in Germany in 2019 before joining Wolfsburg where he played Champions League football.

The 6ft 3in central defender made 15 Bundesliga appearances last season, scoring twice.

He will compete with fellow new boy Bijol, Joe Rodon and Pascal Struijk for a starting role at Elland Road.

Gabriel Gudmundsson

From: Lille
Fee: £10m
Position: Left-back
Age: 26

The experienced Sweden international became Leeds’ fourth signing of the summer after agreeing a switch from Lille for an undisclosed fee understood to be in the region of £10m.

A replacement for Junior Firpo at left-back, Gudmundsson is capable of playing down the wing or in the heart of the defence, and also boasts 15 caps for Sweden.

Seen as more defensively robust than his predecessor and having featured nine times in the Champions League in his career, the 26-year-old has signed a four-year deal at Elland Road.

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Leeds United exits

Rasmus Kristensen

To: Eintracht Frankfurt
Fee: £7.6m
Position: Right-back
Age: 27

A member of the Leeds squad that suffered relegation from the Premier League in 2023, Kristensen subsequently went on loan to Roma and then Eintracht Frankfurt.

The latter of those two spells was more successful, including 43 appearances and six goals, which was enough to prompt Frankfurt to buy him.

While the fee has been listed as undisclosed, it’s believed to be in the region of £7.6m (€9m).

Kristensen cost Leeds around £10m to buy from Red Bull Salzburg before, but after he struggled to prove himself in the Premier League, they will be glad to have got him off the books.

Josuha Guilavogui

To: TBC (Released)
Fee: Free
Position: Midfielder
Age: 34

When Leeds were in desperate need of midfield cover due to some absences last season, Guilavogui arrived as a free agent to plug the gap.

The former Mainz midfielder played 18 times for the Whites, but was only ever expected to be an emergency, short-term solution.

As expected, Leeds confirmed he would be released at the end of his one-year contract.

“I will be back to watch in the Premier League, stood in the stands with you,” a grateful Guilavogui said in his farewell interview.

Junior Firpo

To: TBC (Released)
Fee: Free
Position: Left-back
Age: 28

Four years after his arrival from Barcelona, Firpo has departed Leeds as a free agent.

With two seasons apiece of Premier League and Championship experience under his belt, the left-back amassed 122 appearances in Leeds colours.

No defender made more assists in the Championship last season than Firpo’s 10, but questions were previously asked of his ability in the Premier League.

Firpo helped Leeds win promotion in his final season but will now be moving elsewhere, with a return to Real Betis his most likely option as TEAMtalk has been reporting.

Joe Snowdon

To: Swindon Town
Fee: Free
Position: Midfielder
Age: 20

Five years since joining the Leeds academy from Manchester City’s, Snowdon reached the end of his contract.

The midfielder featured in the under-21 side for Leeds last season, but has now joined Ian Holloway’s Swindon Town.

“I’m buzzing to be here at Swindon as it’s a club full of history and I’m just really looking forward to getting started and getting going,” he said on his media duties for his new club, who play in League Two and have given him a 12-month contract.

Harry Christy

To: TBC (Released)
Fee: Free
Position: Goalkeeper
Age: 21

Christy captained Leeds’ under-21s in his only Premier League 2 appearance of the 2024-25 season after signing a one-year contract extension last July. The Harrogate-born keeper is now free to find a new club.

Cian Coleman

To: Buxton
Fee: Free
Position: Midfielder
Age: 20

Coleman had two loan spells in the National League North with Buxton last season, scoring eight goals from 28 games, before reaching the end of the professional contract he signed with Leeds in 2023. He has now made his stay with Buxton permanent.

Connor Ferguson

To: TBC (Released)
Fee: Free
Position: Left-back
Age: 21

Having represented Leeds up to under-21 level, Ferguson gained some senior experience in the National League North with Farsley Celtic on a month’s loan last season.

Max McFadden

To: Tottenham Hotspur
Fee: Free
Position: Attacking midfielder
Age: 19

McFadden arrived at Leeds from Colchester’s academy in 2022 and leaves the club after a season in which he played 13 times for the under-21s in Premier League 2.

He has linked up with Tottenham’s under-21 setup on a two-year deal.

Amari Miller

To: TBC (Released)
Fee: Free
Position: Winger
Age: 22

Miller had made five Championship appearances for Birmingham City by the time Leeds signed him in 2021, but he never made his senior bow in West Yorkshire.

Kris Moore

To: Greenock Morton
Fee: Free
Position: Defender
Age: 21

Moore bowed out with a goal on his last appearance for Leeds’ under-21s, after playing as a centre-back or right-back over the years, but the contract he signed in 2023 has now expired.

He has gone on to sign a one-year contract in the Scottish Championship with Greenock Morton.

Joe Richards

To: Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens
Fee: Free
Position: Defender
Age: 19

Richards signed his first professional contract last summer after helping the under-18s reach the FA Youth Cup final, but it was just a 12-month deal and has run out.

He has moved to the USA to link up with the University of Delaware’s men’s soccer team.

Luca Thomas

To: TBC (Released)
Fee: Free
Position: Winger
Age: 20

Moving from Manchester City’s academy to Leeds in 2021, Thomas had loan spells with York City and Halifax Town in the National League last season before his contract expired.

Dan Toulson

To: Charleston Cougars
Fee: Free
Position: Midfielder
Age: 19

Toulson signed his first professional contract last summer, valid for just one year, after leading the under-18s out for the 2024 FA Youth Cup final.

Like Richards, he has gone across the Atlantic to join an American college side.

Leeds United loan exits

Max Wober

To: Werder Bremen
Length: Season-long
Position: Centre-back
Age: 27

The Austrian defender has moved to the Bundesliga on a season-long loan.

Wober had limited game time in the Championship last season and the club have subsequently signed two centre-backs, Sebastiaan Bornauw and Jaka Bijol, following promotion to the Premier League.

“I had some really good talks with the people in charge at Werder,” Wober, who has previously been on loan at Borussia Monchengladbach from Leeds, said. “I can fully identify with the path the club is taking and I’m looking forward to what lies ahead.”