The latest West Yorkshire sport headlines, from Daniel Wales.
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00:00Leeds United have confirmed their first signing of the summer transfer window
00:05with Felix Nemecha of Borussia Dortmund set to join the Elland Road Club on the 1st of July.
00:12Nemecha made clear that he is very excited to get going at the West Yorkshire Club.
00:19Yeah, I'm really excited, happy. Yeah, I just can't wait to get going.
00:24Why do you feel that this is the right place for you in your career?
00:28Well, I've got some people that have been here, like Josh, who I've played with,
00:32who told me about the atmosphere, the fans, and obviously I've played against Leeds
00:36in the Championship, and it's a massive club, and it's the next challenge.
00:40Can't wait to play in the Premier League with the team and do well.
00:44Yeah, tell me about that conversation with Josh Guilavogi, because he's a big fan's favourite here.
00:48Did he have to sell the club much?
00:51Well, I trust Josh. He's one of probably the nicest guys in football that I know.
00:57So, yeah, he said it's a massive club. If I get the opportunity, I should definitely do it.
01:02And he said, yeah, the fans are crazy, and the boys are good as well.
01:07So, yeah, he gave a really good first impression.
01:11And Bradford City CEO Ryan Sparks has spoken of the synergy between Bradford City as a football club
01:18and Bradford being the UK's city of culture.
01:21Yeah, I mean, I think we've helped, to say the least, the 15,000, 20,000 people that were in City Park
01:30a couple of Tuesdays ago. It feels like months ago, but it was actually only a few weeks ago now.
01:36That's energy. That's a shot in the arm that you can't buy.
01:39The city has to make the most of it. We want to help.
01:43We provide, we believe, a great platform for growth.
01:47We provide numbers into the city centre. We make the trains go.
01:51We make the buses move.
01:53And we can make, we can generate revenue for a local economy.
01:56We showed that in the last few weeks on a grand scale.
02:00And it's very important that we harness that.
02:02And there has to be synergy going into next season.
02:04That's something we'll be looking for centrally.
02:07In terms of City of Culture, they've been very supportive of us.
02:10You know, our third shirt screams their brand.
02:14You know, our third shirt screams their brand.