The homepage of Leeds United, the new team won the Premier League promotion rights, announced that he successfully recruited the German player, Anton Stach – who became the 6th contract of the Elland Road team this summer.
“Leeds United is happy to announce that Anton Stach has joined the club under long -term contracts from Hoffenheim, depending on the international license and the work permit. The 26 -year -old has signed a 4 -year contract and has now become the sixth supplement in the summer for Daniel Farke's team, in the context of the team continuing to prepare for the return to the Premier League,” the announcement of Leeds United.
“First of all, I feel very good. I am very excited to join such a wonderful team, an excellent English Premier League team, and I am looking forward to the next season. About the game, I have to say that I am a attacker. I'm good at hand -in -hand disputes. I'm good at judging the opponent's pass and that will help when I play in the Premier League.
Stach brings experience and quality for midfield after 5 years of playing in the Bundesliga. He used to wear Mainz, Hoffenheim, and had previously joined Greener Furth to promote from the Bundesliga 2.
With a height of 1m93, the German player has more than 250 appearances in his career in every tournament and brings more flexibility to Leeds United's squad when he can play in both midfield and defense when necessary.
In addition to 2 caps of Germany, Stach's international competition experience is also at the youth team levels, including the same side of Leeds, Lukas Nmecha in the U21 European Final 2021, winning 1-0 against Portugal to raise the championship trophy.
Last season, Stach played 6 matches in the 2024/25 Europa League campaign for Hoffenheim and he scored against the Tottenham champion. Up to the present time, he has 26 goals in his career even if it is only a pillar.
Before completing the Stach deal for a fee of 20 million euros, Leeds successfully recruited 5 other rookies, including Jaka Bijol (Udines – 18 million euros), Sean Longstaff (Newcastle – 13,8), Gabriel Gudmundsson (Lille – 11,6) and Sebastiaan Bornauw (Wolfsburg – 6). Calculated, the Elland Road team spent a total of 69.4 million euros for the summer market.