’s appeal against an award of £24.5million ($31m) in compensation to their former striker Jean-Kevin Augustin has been withdrawn from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). CAS confirmed to The Athletic that Leeds’ bid to contest over his aborted transfer to Elland Road in 2020 would not be ruled upon by its judiciary. Advertisement ruled in March 2023 that Leeds were liable for £24.5m owed to Augustin after partially accepting a claim from the former Paris Saint-Germain player that the... Read this story
