Goalkeeper Felix Wiedwald has left Leeds United this afternoon.
Goalkeeper Felix Wiedwald has completed his move from Leeds United to Eintracht Frankfurt, and has told the German club’s official website that he has developed personally from his spell in England.
Leeds decided to bring in German stopper Wiedwald from Werder Bremen last summer, and immediately dropped Robert Green in favour of the 28-year-old goalkeeper.
Wiedwald was expected to become Leeds’ first-choice goalkeeper for the foreseeable future, but he ended up enduring a nightmare season at Elland Road.
The German was error-prone and soft on crosses, which led to him losing his place firstly to Andy Lonergan, and then to youngster Bailey Peacock-Farrell.
After such a dismal season, many expected Wiedwald to move on if Leeds could possibly find a buyer, and that has come to fruition today with the stopper moving back to Germany.
Eintracht Frankfurt – the club Wiedwald played for between 2013 and 2015 – have moved to sign the Leeds flop on a three-year contract until 2021.
The German side lost star goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky to Bayer Leverkusen, and whilst they have signed Danish goalkeeper Frederik Ronnow, Wiedwald arrives as experienced cover.
Now, Wiedwald has told the club’s official website that he feels he has developed thanks to his experience with Leeds, even though he has endured a torrid year in West Yorkshire.
“I think that I have developed personally through the experience abroad,” says Wiedwald. “Now I have to arrive in Frankfurt, offer myself and, ideally, play as much as possible,” he added.
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