Wednesday Morning Hot Links

Leeds United

• Former Leeds Great Kalvin Phillips has had a fairly disastrous tenure at Manchester City, going out on unremarkable loans to West Ham and Ipswich Town. He’d like to come back to Leeds United, though that’s extremely unlikely.

• Longshot Leeds-link Gonzalo Garcia has been told by Xabi Alonso that he’ll be staying at Real Madrid.

• The Opta Supercomputer Projections are out, and Leeds sit [squints] 19th [sad trombone music plays].

• Check out Ian Darke’s 2026 Premier League preview!

Elsewhere

• Whichever of Manchester United and Newcastle United miss out on Benjamin Sesko will go after Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson, and RB Leipzig - who are the ones going to lose Sesko - are interested in Liverpool’s Harvey Elliott.

• Newcastle are making Alexander Isak train on his own and stay away from his teammates (and skip “Family Day,” whatever that is), which is probably not the thing to do if you’re interested in keeping him around…

• Tottenham are set to go after both AC Milan’s Rafael Leao and Real Madrid’s Rodrygo.

• Liverpool have apparently agreed to terms with Saudi side Al-Hilal over the sale of Darwin Nunez.

• Nottingham Forest will go after Juventus’ Douglas Luiz and RB Salzburg’s Mads Bidstrup.

• Everton are set to approach Manchester City about a loan for Jack Grealish.

• How the crisis at Sheffield Wednesday is affecting fans.

What To Watch: Wednesday

• 1:30pm (Central): Friendly: Real Betis v Como. ESPN+.