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Suspension hits Leeds' new man for Blues clash
Liverpool Echo
|July 18, 2025
LEEDS United will be without their biggest signing of the summer so far when they host Everton on the opening weekend of the season.
The Blues begin their campaign with a trip to Elland Road on Monday, August 18 in what should be an intriguing encounter with the newly-promoted Whites.
The Championship winners will be unable to name new centre-back Jaka Bijol as they bid to consolidate their Premier League status, however, after the club were informed he must serve a suspension handed to him with his former club, Udinese.
A £15million recruit from Serie A, Bijol joined Leeds in June and is expected to be central to the plans of manager Daniel Farke.
This story is from the July 18, 2025 edition of Liverpool Echo.
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