Whites go for experience

We have looked into the age profile of Leeds' players for the 2025-26 season and recorded what percentage of minutes each of them played last campaign.

For the purpose of this exercise, we have deemed those under 24 as youth, between 24 and 30 as in their peak years and anyone over 30 to be a veteran.

The green represents new signings, who naturally did not play, red are those that have since left the club and yellow are all those that remain.

The data shows the Whites have pursued experienced players at a 'peak' age for the new campaign, limiting the chance of young recruits being overawed by the Premier League.

A healthy number of Leeds players featured in over 50% of minutes last season, as seen by how many are in the top half of the chart. That robust quality in the Championship is admirable given the relentless nature of the league and should, in theory, mean they again have a reliable group to call upon this term.