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title: "Leeds: Whites set to lose £18m Jean-Kevin Augustin legal battle"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-whites-set-to-lose-18m-jean-kevin-augustin-legal-battle/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Leeds United News"
published: "2022-10-29T10:17:51Z"
modified: "2022-10-29T10:17:51Z"
---

# Leeds: Whites set to lose £18m Jean-Kevin Augustin legal battle

**[Leeds United](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-news/) are set to lose their appeal over the transfer of Jean-Kevin Augustin, [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/leeds-united-set-to-lose-18m-legal-battle-exclusive/) report.**

### The Lowdown: 48 minutes

Augustin arrived at Elland Road on loan with an obligation to buy back in 2020 after Eddie Nketiah returned to Arsenal. The Frenchman failed to hit the heights in Yorkshire, though, and played just [48](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jean-kevin-augustin/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/264956) minutes of action in the Championship.

Leeds eventually won promotion to the [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/), and an off-field saga regarding an obligation to buy payment has been ongoing ever since.

### The Latest: Augustin update

[FI](https://www.footballinsider247.com/leeds-united-set-to-lose-18m-legal-battle-exclusive/) reporter Adam Williams revealed an update on the situation regarding Leeds and Augustin in the last 48 hours.

He stated that the Whites look set to lose their appeal and ‘that there is next to no hope that it will be good news for Leeds when CAS announce their verdict’. The Whites will therefore seemingly have to pay RB Leipzig around £17.7m with an extra £300,000 in interest.

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### The Verdict: Bad to worse

Should Leeds be required to pay Leipzig £18m for Augustin, it will surely go down as the worst piece of transfer business in the club’s history – working out at £375,000 for every minute the forward was in a Leeds shirt.

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The Whites are having their struggles on the pitch and are currently in the relegation zone, so this huge off-field update won’t be welcomed by Leeds chiefs.

Augustin is currently with FC Basel and has scored [three](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jean-kevin-augustin/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/264956) goals in [nine](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jean-kevin-augustin/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/264956) games, holding a [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jean-kevin-augustin/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/264956) valuation of £1.35m, if you wanted to know.