Bamford's Leeds contract terminated by mutual consent

Patrick Bamford has left Premier League newcomers Leeds by mutual consent while full-back Isaac Schmidt and winger Largie Ramazani will spend the 2025-26 season away from the club on loans.

It ends a seven-year spell at Elland Road for Bamford, who scored 60 goals in 205 appearances after joining from Middlesbrough for £7m in 2018.

He was involved in two promotion-winning campaigns for Leeds and scored 17 goals during the club's first stint back in the Premier League under Marcelo Bielsa in 2020.

But the 31-year-old, who made one England appearance in 2021, was told by manager Daniel Farke last month that he was "not part" of his plans this season and would have to train with the under-21 squad if he remained at the club.

Schmidt has joined Bundesliga side Werder Bremen while Ramazani will spend the rest of the season in Spain with Valencia.

Switzerland left-back Schmidt made 14 appearances across all competitions for Leeds last season after signing from St. Gallen last summer.

His departure comes on the back of the Whites signing full-back James Justin from Leicester City in a deal worth £10m.

Belgian winger Ramazani, who was part of the Manchester United youth set-up, returns to Spain having previously spent four seasons with Almeria from 2020.

The 24-year-old scored six goals to help Leeds win the Championship last season but struggled for minutes after suffering an ankle ligament injury last October.

Leeds have made 10 signings since their promotion, including Swiss forward Noah Okafor, England striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin, midfielders Anton Stach and Sean Longstaff, Sweden left-back Gabriel Gudmundsson and centre-back Jaka Bijol.