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Ex-Whites skipper still a free agent as Owls deal falls foul of sanctions
Yorkshire Evening Post
|September 19, 2025
Sheffield Wednesday had a move for Leeds United favourite Liam Cooper "lined up and ready to go" before fresh EFL sanctions scuppered the deal, according to reports.
Cooper became a free agent in the summer after seeing his CSKA Sofia contract terminated early by mutual consent, just one year after moving to the Bulgarian capital. The centre-back played 27 times for his new club after calling time on a near 10-year spell at Leeds in the summer of 2024.
Joining from Chesterfield in 2014, Cooper played 284 times for Leeds, captaining them to the 2019/20 Championship title under Marcelo Bielsa as well as three years in the Premier League. The Scottish international struggled for minutes under Daniel Farke but had been tipped for a return to England earlier this summer.
This story is from the September 19, 2025 edition of Yorkshire Evening Post.
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