The Whites’ pre-season schedule will begin on Monday with players who have not participated in international competitions this summer, returning to West Yorkshire for their customary physical tests.
Leeds’ itinerary will see the players put through their paces with the club’s medical and sports science staff, in order to determine performance indicators, physical baselines and various other metrics ahead of the 2023/24 Championship campaign.
Some 26 players are due to return on Monday, just over a month on from Premier League relegation at home to Tottenham Hotspur. United’s first friendly takes place on July 12 in Oslo, against arch-rivals Manchester United. The team that plays in that fixture is highly likely to consist of those beginning pre-season training this Monday.
Those who have competed at full or youth international level recently will report back next Monday, July 10. Depending on France and England’s progress at the Under-21 European Championships which concludes on July 8, Illan Meslier and Charlie Cresswell will arrive at Thorp Arch later than the second tranche of returning players.
Here are the Leeds players expected to return this week.
19. Archie Gray - midfielder
Archie Gray's professional debut is bound to come this season after an injury-hit 2022/23 campaign. He was at the Under-17 Euros with England earlier this summer but will return for pre-season day one with the rest of the non-international senior squad. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images) Photo: Warren Little
20. Jack Harrison - midfielder
Harrison's name has been mentioned in several transfer gossip columns since the season finished, with a number of Premier League clubs reportedly expressing an interest. He'll be there at the start of Leeds' pre-season, though, after some R&R in Japan over the summer break. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images) Photo: Naomi Baker
21. Luis Sinisterra - forward
Sinisterra missed international duty with Colombia this summer due to injury but should be fit and firing for pre-season testing right from the off. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images) Photo: Michael Regan
22. Georginio Rutter - forward
Rutter's start to life at Leeds has been a tricky one but could ignite with a year in the Championship. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) Photo: Stu Forster
23. Sonny Perkins - forward
Young Perkins scored his first professional goal at the Cardiff City Stadium in the FA Cup Third Round earlier this year and looks set to be involved more for the Whites' first-team over the course of the 46-game Championship campaign. (Pic: David Davies/PA) Photo: David Davies
24. Patrick Bamford - forward
Leeds striker Patrick Bamford will be back on Monday, prepared for another season in the Championship after three seasons as a top-flight player. (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images) Photo: OLI SCARFF