Leeds United have tweeted that their goalkeeper Felix Wiedwald has left the club to sign for Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt.
📰 | #LUFC can confirm Felix Wiedwald has today completed a permanent move to Bundesliga side @Eintracht
— Leeds United (@LUFC) June 19, 2018
It’s been thought that the club were prepared to offer the goalkeeper an exit route from Elland Road after a struggling start to life at Elland Road, with several howlers for Leeds United.
Here, we round up the reactions from Leeds United to the departure of the goalkeeper:
There was the funny..
He misjudged the flight of the plane and has just landed in Mexico
— Eamo Salah (@EamoV1) June 19, 2018
— Elliott (@ruthless_ronny) June 19, 2018
Surprised he caught the plane
— Benjamin Thornton (@BenjaminTlufc) June 19, 2018
There was the relieved…
I hope they lose the receipt!
— lufcmatt (@Mathew1982) June 19, 2018
— chris brady 🎩 (@carpitone) June 19, 2018
There were the slightly cynical reactions:
Is he working in their ticket office?
— Sheridans Sandwich (@bullockleeds) June 19, 2018
A nice reaction, finally!:
He’ll probably go on to do well… but not cut out for ER. I’d be interested to learn more about this deal – I hope this didn’t cost Leeds money?
— David Broomhead (@DBroomhead1) June 19, 2018
It’s clear the vast majority of Leeds fans are pleased that Wiedwald has left Leeds United and this opens the pathway for a new keeper to make the move to Elland Road. Leeds United fans will be hoping that this will be a young, exciting talent who the club have been linked with.