Leeds United’s Isaac Schmidt nears permanent exit as Young Boys move progresses | OneFootball

Leeds United are closing in on the sale of Isaac Schmidt after his Elland Road stint failed to take hold.

According to yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk, Schmidt arrived two years ago from FC St Gallen in Switzerland and, signed as a full-back, did not persuade Daniel Farke he could be trusted in that role. He was used late in games further forward, making 12 Championship substitute outings totalling 71 minutes as Leeds won the title, with his only starts in the FA Cup.

The 26-year-old spent last season on loan at Werder Bremen, playing 19 Bundesliga matches, six of them starts. He covered both full-back roles and both flanks, but the loan was not made permanent. Interest followed from FC Basel and Young Boys, and a switch to the latter is now firmly in the works.

His exit would follow Illan Meslier and Karl Darlow, who have left at the end of their contracts for Arsenal and Manchester United respectively.

Goalkeeper Lucas Perri is not currently being allowed to move. The Brazilian has reported for pre-season testing at Leeds Beckett and will train at Thorp Arch, and he is the only senior keeper to have played top-flight football last season. Although that could change if recruits arrive later in the window, Leeds are not in a position to loan him out. He has been linked with Torino and lost his starting spot last season after a pair of high-profile mistakes that Farke criticised publicly.

Leeds remain in a holding pattern over Southampton’s Shea Charles and have an interest in Sassuolo centre-back Tarik Muharemović. The Bosnian is viewed as an ideal replacement for Pascal Struijk after his move to Brighton this summer, and it could take a club record fee to land the former Juventus man.

Source: yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk