Leeds United’s transfer window can be defined in two halves; before Igor Paixao and after Igor Paixao.

The summer started off so smoothly. Free agent Lukas Nmecha was a bolt from the blue. Jaka Bijol said yes to a Leeds United transfer before terms were settled. Sebastiaan Bornauw and Gabriel Gudmundsson shored up the defence. Only £20m was dished out.

Leeds were preparing to jet off to Sweden when the news broke that a fourth bid for Sean Longstaff had been successful. The swift arrivals thereafter of Anton Stach and Lucas Perri during the pre-season tour in Germany had supporters back home buzzing.

Both sporting director Adam Underwood and Robbie Evans were in Harsewinkel at various stages, though both had to make trips across borders during the week abroad. When the transfer window

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