Leeds United captain Ethan Ampadu has signed a new four-year deal.

Leeds United captain Ethan Ampadu has delivered a beaming verdict on signing a new four-year deal, brushing aside speculation with a glowing declaration about life at Elland Road.

Ampadu has been one of United’s stand out performers upon the club’s return to the Premier League, the skipper continually impressing en route to his side sealing a 14th-placed finish.

The midfielder’s existing contract only ran until next summer with Leeds having the option of a further year but the captain has now put pen to paper on a new four-year deal running until the summer of 2030.

Speaking to LUTV, Ampadu declared his delight at signing his new contract and quickly brushed off summer speculation about his future as he revealed his mind was quickly made up to commit to new terms at Leeds.

The skipper said the aim was to now continue the momentum from United’s second half to the season as he declared his love for being at Elland Road.

Ampadu beamed: “It's very exciting times and I'm very pleased to have it sorted and out of the way.

"Now we can concentrate on hopefully building on what has been, especially the last two years, something very positive.

“We obviously knew that starting from the Championship the aim was to get promoted.

"We had the first year where we struggled but we always had the ambition that we were going to achieve that.

"So, to have the second year and become champions and enjoy that with the whole city was amazing.

“And then especially last year, to be one of the teams to stay up for the first couple of seasons was massive and that was the target.”

“I had my mind pretty made up on what I wanted to do and it was just about getting it done”

Pressed on there being a little bit of nervousness amongst supporters about his future due to his excellent season which itself brings speculation, Ampadu said: "Definitely but for me I had my mind pretty made and set up on what I wanted to do and it was just about getting it done.

"And personally, I think I have had a pretty good year.

"It has been a year with a lot of learning. I don’t think I had the best of the first half of the year, to be honest with you, but I like to think that I gained a bit of confidence and improved my game in certain areas.

"But I think that was definitely a collective thing as well. I think you could see by the performances maybe bar the last game of the season but the way we ended the year and the positivity and the momentum, we want to keep building from that.

"I think that is ultimately why I want to be here and I love being here."