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Leeds United may well fancy signing Barcelona defender Oscar Mingueza, but the player himself isn't all that keen on a move to Elland Road.

A Catalan kid, Mingueza will have to be absolutely sure about his next move I order to leave the Camp Nou. Leeds may not be quite as glamorous as Barcelona, but Mingueza shouldn’t instantly turn his nose up at a move to the Whites. All hopes appear to be doomed though with Mingueza hardly chomping at the bit to sign for Leeds.

Barcelona appear to be getting desperate in their attempt to sign Leeds United star Raphinha this summer, with Clement Lenglet now offered.

Do the Whites need another central defender though? Lenglet is a French international in an era where they are the current World Cup holders, and who is next now he has said no? The French international is a much bigger name than the others mentioned in this four, and things are really starting to get interesting.

U18s Premier league north. Leeds United 6 (McGrath 22', 74', Gray 36', Thomas 45', Andreucci 60', Picksley 89'). Burnley 1 (Smyth-Ferguson 79') ...

The winger cut inside on the right-hand side and skipped past the Burnley defenders, giving him room to unleash a left-footed shot into the top corner. Thomas played a low ball across the goal and McGrath’s effort went over the crossbar from close range. The goal didn’t count for much, as in the dying moments of the game Leeds worked the ball from side to side and skipper Cian Coleman slid a low cross to the feet of Picksley who finished calmly, giving Leeds their sixth of the afternoon to round off a brilliant performance from the young Whites.

Archie Gray continued his stellar recent progress and thriving Ronnie McGrath notched a brace as Leeds United's under-18s hammered weekend visitors Burnley.

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A look ahead to Saturday's match. Leeds United are back in action on Saturday afternoon, as they take on Southampton at Elland Road in their 31st game of the 21 ...

Those clashes include one Leeds game - a 2-1 away win at Norwich - and two for the Saints, both of which were 1-1 draws, against Brighton and Tottenham. Jesse Marsch has confirmed that Kalvin Phillips and Liam Cooper are fit enough to be involved after returning from injury, but possibly not both as starters. “I have watched a lot of their recent matches and I think they’ve been a bit unlucky to not do better in some of these matches. Ralpha Hasenhuttl’s side have won just three times on the road this season from 14 outings, whilst Leeds have won four from 15 home matches. A win for Leeds could see them move above Newcastle United up to 14th in the league table, depending on results elsewhere. The south coast outfit arrive in West Yorkshire having lost their last three, two of which were on home turf against Newcastle United and Watford.

Ralph Hasenhuttl has admitted there was little to no chance of Che Adams leaving Southampton to join Leeds United back in January 2020.

He loves being at the club and he feels comfortable here. In the future, he could be a very important player for us for the long term. "In the past he showed he definitely helps us scoring goals.

Jesse Marsch has confirmed that Leeds United duo, Leo Hjelde and Jamie Shackleton, are edging closer to a return despite the fact that they'll miss out ...

He looked good at right-back earlier in the campaign, but injuries have, once again, pinched for him and reduced his game time. As for Shackleton, his season has been stop-start due to injuries. “Jamie Shackleton had a little bit of a calf injury but he’s back on the pitch, not with the team, but hopefully in a couple of weeks he will be available.”

Southampton travel to Elland Road to face Leeds United in the Premier League, with Ralph Hasenhuttl's Saints looking to end a run of three straight defeats ...

"Raphinha is a player who has generated a lot of transfer talk in recent weeks, with Barcelona reportedly interested in snapping him up this summer. Meanwhile, Leeds have won their last two games in the top flight, after losing their first two under new boss Jesse Marsch. They played really well against Manchester City in the FA Cup but ended up losing 4-1, which I felt was a bit harsh.

Leeds United return to Premier League action against Southampton at Elland Road today and you can follow all of the developments from LS11 here.

Liam Cooper starts but Kalvin Phillips and Joe Gelhardt are both on the bench for Leeds United's return to Premier League action against Southampton in ...

Support the YEP and become a subscriber today. Marsch has opted to start club captain Cooper as Pascal Struijk drops out of the side and on to the bench which again features star teen forward Gelhardt. Cooper and Phillips have not featured since both picked up hamstring injuries in the 2-2 draw at home to Brentford on December 5 although the duo both returned to the bench as unused substitutes for the clash at Molineux.

For a good 35 minutes the game had been the one they wanted and they got their reward with a goal for Jack Harrison. But only one goal.

For a period in the second half, left-back Kyle Walker-Peters, fresh from his first two England caps, was electric, and he won a free-kick Ward-Prowse converted. He even played an indirect part in the opening goal, after 29 minutes, tackling Broja with his head with a Gary Kelly-style header as the ball was on the ground. It was tough on Leeds but a reminder that although they are heading in the right direction under the American, there is further to go.

You can keep up to date with all the action from this Premier League clash right here on leedsunited.com with updates throughout. Live commentary is also ...

All of the marks out of 10 for Jesse Marsch's Leeds United side at Elland Road after their Premier League clash with Southampton on Saturday afternoon as ...

7 Right place and right time for the goal, but another quiet afternoon for Harrison. 5 Ran the channels and with the space Leeds had in the first half, James had the pace to get sights of goal. Liam Cooper 'buzzing to be back' and calls on Leeds United to build on recent winsLeeds United FCThe Leeds captain returned to the starting line-up for the first time since December against SouthamptonLeeds United FCLeeds United player ratings with Meslier poor and Cooper decent in blunt Southampton drawAll of the marks out of 10 for Jesse Marsch's Leeds United side at Elland Road after their Premier League clash with Southampton on Saturday afternoon as Jack Harrison and James Ward-Prowse trade goalsLeeds United 1-1 Southampton highlights: Harrison opener chalked off by Ward-Prowse free-kickLeeds United FCJoin us for live coverage from Elland Road as Leeds United look to make it three wins in a rowLive updates as M1 junction 42 reopens following police closure that left queues for milesYorkshire NewsA police incident ground the M1 to a halt between J41 and J42 on Saturday afternoon.Emmerdale viewers cringe as Charity and Mackenzie storyline slammed as 'biggest April Fool ever'EmmerdaleMoira warned Charity that if she breaks Mack’s heart again, she’ll come for her when she least expects itJesse Marsch's first Leeds United words on Southampton plus Gelhardt and Struijk's training issuesJesse MarschFollow the latest from Leeds United head coach's post-match debrief at Elland Road after the Saturday afternoon Premier League clash with Ralph Hasenhuttl's SouthamptonLeeds United FCLeeds United supporters content with draw but frustrated by striker situationLeeds United fans feel the pressure is off after picking up another point but questioned the insistence on playing winger Dan James as a strikerJesse Marsch's first Leeds United words on Southampton plus Gelhardt and Struijk's training issuesJesse MarschFollow the latest from Leeds United head coach's post-match debrief at Elland Road after the Saturday afternoon Premier League clash with Ralph Hasenhuttl's SouthamptonPictures as huge Otley Chevin Easter cross hoisted into place to tower over Leeds EasterThe Chevin Cross has gone up nearly every year in Leeds since 1968 and is made from wood from the 1996 IRA bombings in ManchesterMet Office Leeds forecast shows icy night ahead as temperatures drop to -1°C with more snow for the northWeatherThe latest cold snap could bring snow to some parts of the region with gardeners warned the cold snap may even disrupt the seasonal flowering of plantsSouthampton fans puzzled by two omissions from line-up vs Leeds United amid formation confusionLeeds United FCSouthampton fans pointed out two players in particular who didn't make the cut. Deserves credit for keeping the ball in and delivering a decent cross for the opening goal. Not everything always led to chances for the team, but Rodrigo had the nous and ability to find pockets for the side and at least threaten to pump life into the game. Lacking that composure and close control around the box to keep chances alive for the team. Really found a licence to raid forward in the final quarter of the match and caused issues.

First things first, it's worth pointing out how relatively quiet the Raphinha claims have gone in the Catalan media. Often, when players are being linked ...

Reports elsewhere in Spain calmed thing down, and denied an offer had been made. Often, when players are being linked with Barcelona, it all starts with a huge fanfare, big claims, and then quickly dies down. This immediately seemed strange, because a wide player wasn’t seen as a priority for Barcelona before then.

Leeds United have announced their starting line-up and substitutes to play host to Ralph Hasenhuttl's Southampton side in the Premier League this afternoon.

Marsch starts Illan Meslier in goal for Leeds, while Luke Ayling and Stuart Dallas operate as full-backs. New boss Jesse Marsch has managed to guide Leeds to two wins in their last two games to ease worries of relegation and he will be looking for a third victory in a row today. Leeds United have announced their starting line-up and substitutes to play host to Ralph Hasenhuttl’s Southampton side in the Premier League this afternoon.

Leeds United chief executive Angus Kinnear has written about the impact made by the club's under-23 crop in the recent wins.

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Barcelona's pursuit of Brazilian winger Raphinha has stepped up in recent weeks. With contract talks for Ousmane Dembele seemingly still at a stalemate, ...

Dest is a different case. With contract talks for Ousmane Dembele seemingly still at a stalemate, President Joan Laporta publicly expressed his admiration for Raphinha on Monday night. The names in question would be Clement Lenglet, Sergino Dest, Martin Braithwaite and Oscar Mingueza. It did mention that none of the four players are especially keen on leaving Barcelona currently.

Leeds United captain Liam Cooper has expressed his delight at his return to fitness and backed team mate Patrick Bamford to return an even stronger player.

Support the YEP and become a subscriber today. "We've all got a lot of confidence and we believe we can go on a good run between now and the end of the season." Cooper has not featured for Leeds since injuring his hamstring in the 2-2 draw at home to Brentford on December 5 but the skipper was an unused substitute in the epic 3-2 win at Wolves before the international break.

The return of Leeds United captain Liam Cooper made a big difference in the organisation of the team according to Micah Richards.

They pressed high, they had the old stuff from Bielsa. Regardless, it can only be a positive to see the captain back out there, coming through 90 minutes unscathed, and the successful return of Kalvin Phillips from the bench was also very encouraging. The return of Leeds United captain Liam Cooper made a big difference in the organisation of the team according to Micah Richards.

Barcelona centre back Clement Lenglet has turned down the chance to join Leeds United as part of a swap deal that would take Raphinha in the other ...

According to this latest update, Barca had planned to offer Lenglet to Leeds in a swap deal with Raphinha heading in the other direction. Lenglet is a quality defender, who would surely help to strengthen the club’s backline, but he would not be the Raphinha replacement the club will so badly need if the Brazilian is to leave in the summer. Barcelona centre back Clement Lenglet has turned down the chance to join Leeds United as part of a swap deal that would take Raphinha in the other direction.

Liam Cooper was "fantastic" in Leeds United's 1-1 draw with Southampton on Saturday afternoon. That's according to the club's manager Jesse Marsch…

And then you can see the quality from Kalvin. That’s a big step for us as a team and for them. He’s such a big presence in our team. That’s according to the club’s manager Jesse Marsch, who believes the centre back’s return from injury will prove to be a major boost for his side.

Frank McAvennie has exclusively told Football Insider Raphinha will ask to leave Leeds United if Barcelona contnue to persue him.

“I’m not sure but I know one thing for sure, he will be asking to leave if Barcelona do want him. “Fighting relegation with Leeds or playing in the Champions League with Barcelona? Raphinha will ask to leave Leeds United if Barcelona contnue to persue him.

Leeds boss Jesse Marsch believes his side will "only get better" despite them being denied a third straight win in a hard-fought game with Southampton.

It was a step forward for us that in such an intense game we had the chance to win it. "We had a good break, we were fresh today. "I think we are only going to grow and get better. This season, he leads the way with three, one more than Newcastle's Kieran Trippier. Maybe in the last phase of the match we were unlucky not to find more. I know the coach well and he has done a good job with his team.

Follow the latest from Leeds United head coach's post-match debrief at Elland Road after the Saturday afternoon Premier League clash with Ralph Hasenhuttl's ...

James Ward-Prowse scored a trademark free-kick early in the second half to level the game and from there on an even game ensued with neither side able to find the quality required to nick it. Raphinha had done brilliantly to keep the ball in and lofted into his opposite winger for the opener. Jack Harrison applied the crucial touch to give United a half-time lead.

Leeds United return to Premier League action against Southampton at Elland Road today and you can follow all of the developments from LS11 here.

Leeds United were forced to settle for a point in a game at home to Southampton which was often very frantic.

Leeds United welcomed back Liam Cooper and Kalvin Phillips in their 1-1 Elland Road draw with Southampton.

Read the game well in the main, made interceptions, made life tough for Saints attackers in the air. Got forward to good effect though and kept going.Better in the second half as the game went on, than in the first when Livramento caused issues. BIG GOAL - Jack Harrison opened the scoring for Leeds United in the first half, but they were held to a 1-1 draw at Elland Road by Southampton. Pic: Jonathan GawthorpeLeeds United welcomed back Liam Cooper and Kalvin Phillips in their 1-1 Elland Road draw with Southampton. Captain Cooper started against the Saints and was solid defensively as his side dominated most of the first half and took a deserved lead through Jack Harrison. Southampton worked their way back into the game in the latter stages of the first half and then came out flying following the interval, a sublime James Ward-Prowse free-kick levelling matters.Both sides had chances to win it, Leeds recovering from their poor start to the second half as Phillips came off the bench to calm the home side down but there was to be no victor and the spoils were shared.Leeds are now unbeaten in three and sit eight points clear of the drop zone thanks to Watford's 2-0 defeat by Liverpool earlier in the day.Made some smart saves, distribution wasn't great, some good balls to Ayling before playing it out became more problematicStruggled with Kyle Walker-Peters in the second half having done well in the first half.

Every word Leeds United head coach Jesse Marsch said to the media following his side's 1-1 draw with Southampton at Elland Road.

But I also knew that with our fitness, with the players that we could bring on from the bench, that we would be able to push the game as it went on and we talked about that before the match, that we would have to have an intensive start, but that we felt that as the match went on that we would be able to gain the edge. And we know what a quality player is and what he means to the group. Everyone I see I go to say good game to the players and to the opponent and everyone's looking at the board to see what the results were. But I just feel like the whole group is so locked in and so committed and wants to learn and wants to get better and better. And we have the quality to manage the moment if we can continue to push that in the right way. So you know, obviously, we want to keep developing him and keep pushing him but I've been really happy with the progress that he's made over the last month and I think if he can continue to understand tactically and understand the mentality of the way we want to play, that he can get better and better and better. We keep trying to push him to play more intensively to get better at counter-pressing, to really win his duels and his aerial duels and the more that he can expand his presence on the pitch with and without the ball is just going to make us better and better. So with Joffy we haven't been able to get him coming and get the rhythm and training and everything the way that we have wanted, which has meant that he's played more of a reserve role, but I thought he came on the game and gave a real boost and was clear with the role and was dangerous at times and so we certainly I think you have to consider expanding his role more and more and more within the team and we need him to train. And so it means that in certain moments, we want them to slow down a little bit and not always physically but just in their heads with the ball have a little bit more poise and control with how to put together the next play. I was always a little bit concerned if Cooper could make it the 90 minutes and given the way it was, it was good that he was able to play a full match and get himself going. So we knew that that was going to be important not to give fouls away and then that we had to defend that well, so he put it right in the corner like we were worried he might. But Liam was feeling heavy and we wanted to get him out of the game and put Pascal at the centre back position but we talked about to Pascal before the match that he might have to be a solution at left back if anything happened to Stuart Dallas and so he came in the game, Stuart went to the right and it wound up being fine, but yeah, clearly the communication wasn't what it needed to be.

The England midfielder was introduced 17 minutes after Three Lions international team mate James Warde-Prowse had drawn Southampton level with a brilliant free- ...

Support the YEP and become a subscriber today. "I'm very pleased. "With the introduction of Joffy (Gelhardt) as well, he brought a little bit back into the game and I think the challenge at the end in the penalty box, I think it is a penalty.

The Whites and Saints share the spoils at Elland Road.

Leeds might’ve maintained more control in this one, but a positive no doubt is to have the likes of Kalvin Phillips and Liam Cooper back in action. At the other end, Elyounoussi might’ve done better when the ball dropped to him unexpectedly in the Leeds penalty area, but his strike was straight down the throat of Meslier. It was end-to-end action from the get-go as Dan James and Diego Llorente were the early dangermen for Leeds in the opening minutes.

After a run of form bettered only by Liverpool, Leeds United might start looking at how high they can climb.

So Everton could leapfrog Leeds, and Burnley could leapfrog Watford, but the points gap between Burnley and Watford to Everton and Leeds looks insurmountable. The two will meet in a vital clash at Vicarage Road next Saturday. Posing little threat of catching Leeds are Norwich City in bottom place, 12 points behind the Whites. Above Norwich are Burnley on 21 points, one behind Watford and nine behind Leeds, but with three games in hand over Leeds. Watford have played two matches more than Burnley and face away trips to Manchester City and Chelsea. Burnley’s run-in includes home matches to Everton, Southampton, Wolves, Aston Villa and Newcastle, with away trips to Watford and Norwich. So it might be that Burnley leapfrog Watford by the end of the season, but climbing out of the relegation zone looks difficult. Elsewhere in the Premier League today, Burnley lost 2-0 to Manchester City and Watford lost 2-0 to Liverpool, helping Leeds to safety.

Jesse Marsch told Phil Hay that Kalvin Phillips is in contention to start in the Leeds United v Watford game next Saturday (April 9).

Says he’ll be in contention to start at Watford next weekend.” The England international controls the tempo so well that others in the team thrive just by the fact that he’s in the squad. The Englishman came off the bench at Elland Road against Southampton in a game that ended 1-1.

Here are our four talking points from Leeds United's 1-1 draw with Southampton at Elland Road in the Premier League as Jack Harrison scores the home side's ...

That is the kind of psychology momentum is built upon and in heading now to the home of one of the division’s worst sides there is a big opportunity to break away once and for all from that trapdoor. It was a decent United display and nothing like the nadir of Aston Villa last month, but this game lacked the edge and the nerves of the previous two. For Phillips, while there may have been disappointment on all sides to see him missing from the starting XI, it was still a special moment as the stadium stood to welcome him back to the fore. This was a match that was there for the taking and they did not keep the three points in West Yorkshire. Southampton were not an irresistible force which dominated proceedings and yet they were more than good value for the draw they got. With the best part of half an hour in his legs from Saturday, another week of training will give him a mighty chance of returning to the line-up at Vicarage Road next weekend. That knocked a day-and-a-half out of the youth’s preparations, which proved reason enough to keep him out of the starting XI on Saturday. You would hope, with a full week of training ahead he has a real chance of starting at Watford. The under-23s await on Monday night, Marsch said.

Nerves are starting to jangle on Elland Road an hour before Leeds United kick off against Southampton.

Time is ticking away and Leeds want the win. The second half is four minutes old and James Ward-Prowse is standing over a 25-yard free-kick as the home crowd murmurs. I think it's actually increased the level of anticipation and anxiety.