Saturday Brunch Links

Leeds United

• Relegation Rivals Sunderland are going to lose four players for the first three games of the season due to injury recoveries.

• A program at BettingLounge.com predicted that the bottom three of the Premier League this season will be Burnley, Leeds, and Sunderland. It’s kind of like looking at FanGraphs’ preseason rankings, where the highest division win total is 86, or something like that.

• Callum Wilson is probably not coming to Leeds.

• Bournemouth have signed one-time Leeds goalkeeping target Djordje Petrovic from Chelsea.

• Leeds United Women have signed Chloe Dixon.

Elsewhere

• Liverpool will retire Diogo Jota’s #20.

• USMNT’s Malik Tillman has left PSV Eindhoven for Bayer Leverkusen.

• Kudus’ elite dribbling brings Tottenham a new edge.

• Nottingham Forest have filed a complaint with the Football Association over Tottenham’s pursuit of Morgan Gibbs-White.

• Meanwhile Nottingham Forest will replace Crystal Palace in the Europa League, while Crystal Palace’s demotion to the Europa Conference League is “the biggest injustice in the history of football.”

• Juventus have negotiated an exit for Manchester United’s Jadon Sancho. And Manchester United are looking at having to sign a new goalkeeper after Andre Onana suffered a partial hamstring tear.

• It’s always exciting when a big name joins his boyhood club, so here’s Former Chelsea Great John Swift signing with Portsmouth.

What To Watch: Saturday

• 2pm (Central): 2025 Women’s European Championships: Sweden v Germany. Fox.

• 2pm: Women’s Euros: Poland v Denmark. FS1.

• 2pm: Club Friendly: Sevilla v Birmingham City. ESPN Deportes.

• 6:45pm: MLS: Inter Miami v Nashville SC. FS1.

• 7pm: Club Friendly: Louisville City FC v CD Leganes. ESPN+.