Leeds United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2020/2021

whiterebel

I’d say ground expansion will be left to the Qataris to allow them to work through FFP. Radz won’t have the money for that, i wouldn't think.

is_that_so

whiterebel wrote: »

I’d say ground expansion will be left to the Qataris to allow them to work through FFP. Radz won’t have the money for that, i wouldn't think.

SF 49ers I'd say, plus income over 2-3 years.

Zaph

If they're the second and third kits, they're pretty disappointing after the great ones we had last season. The third kit in particular is awful.

Shlippery

championc wrote: »

Reminder for any with memberships that today is the last day for renewals. It may be that only a small number of new memberships will become available, so if you lost your membership, it may be difficult to regain it.

At some point, you'd have to think too that the club should start thinking about ground expansion. Now would have been the perfect time to start works. Let's face it, no time will ever be a good time since ER was a sellout for almost every game last season

Yea, they're opening them up again tomorrow, I renewed mine a while back, but you'd wonder - would they really limit them? It seems like easy money for the club.

I suppose the main perk is better chance at a match ticket (outside of owning a ST) ...but if the spectator limitations are there..it's gonna be an odd season.

Mushy

Like the away jersey even more than before.

Also like the 3rd, but theres not much to it. Its grand, not much imagination went into it

adaminho

St Senan wrote: »

https://twitter.com/mreediestrinjer/status/1293113568490070021?s=20

championc

You sometimes wonder if photos are put out into the public sphere to gauge opinions. If anyone is watching my posts, then my verdict on this pair of shorts is simply "hideous"

stryker mcqueen

That 3rd strip must be in homage to Phil hay and his excellent service to Leeds united

Carcharodon

stryker mcqueen wrote: »

That 3rd strip must be in homage to Phil hay and his excellent service to Leeds united[/QUOTE

Yea, first thing I thought of myself

There are some good deals on the Leeds store right now, I’ll be buying a good shot of stuff today, i really like the kappa gear, if only I could throw out my old Leeds clothes, I still have my thistle hotels jersey in the drawer

whiterebel

Getting them young now......Charlie Allen from Linfield.https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53734957

purple hands

stryker mcqueen wrote: »

That 3rd strip must be in homage to Phil hay and his excellent service to Leeds united

Or long suffering Leeds AND Galway United fans

event

Couple of bids for White rejected supposedly, Brighton say he's going nowhere

Zaph

event wrote: »

Couple of bids for White rejected supposedly, Brighton say he's going nowhere

Saw £18m and £22m rejected. There were reports earlier that another bid of £30m being rejected as well, but it seems that that was just a made-up story and there's no truth to it.

In other news, Jamie Shackleton has just signed a new 4 year contract, which is great news.

championc

Brighton will know that they are likely to have a player who's heart is elsewhere, and a player who knows that he will be an essential starter in the Prem team.

It's just a game of numbers, where both sides eventually find common ground. Of course, there will be an element of poker going on too

GoldFour4

Can’t see Brighton rejecting 27/28m. Tyrone Mings cost Villa 20m last year. White is better but not that much better.

GHOST MGG

malistheman wrote: »

Can’t see Brighton rejecting 27/28m. Tyrone Mings cost Villa 20m last year. White is better but not that much better.

The total fee for mings to villa was 26.5 million..the reason brighton are holding out on white is because liverpool are sniffing at him

is_that_so

malistheman wrote: »

Can’t see Brighton rejecting 27/28m. Tyrone Mings cost Villa 20m last year. White is better but not that much better.

Ideally I think they want to keep him but they may be waiting to see if one of the bigger hitters comes in with a higher bid, they have an absurd number of CBs and defenders. It is almost at the point of moving on to look at other options.

Zaph

Ryan Edmondson has injured his ankle in training at Aberdeen. Looks like he'll be out for 3-4 months and he's returned to Leeds to have it assessed. Seriously unlucky, he's only played about 25 minutes of first team football for them.

is_that_so

Apparently Stuttgart striker Nicolás González has been to Thorp Arch and Elland Road to look around the facilities. £20m is what they want and he's rumoured to be keen on a move to Leeds. He can play all across the front line and has played as striker.

whiterebel

Another young player. Fulham full back Cody Drameh https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/26905/leeds-united-complete-cody-drameh-deal?fbclid=IwAR3x8BXcRtHKIupHBq1TQ4TZoyZ3K5PWySgdyqo2LVjoJji7QrdKapnLp-o

whiterebel

whiterebel wrote: »

Another young player. Fulham full back Cody Drameh https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/26905/leeds-united-complete-cody-drameh-deal?fbclid=IwAR3x8BXcRtHKIupHBq1TQ4TZoyZ3K5PWySgdyqo2LVjoJji7QrdKapnLp-o

Always Drameh at Elland Road...

event

Hoped we'd have gotten the Bielsa contract and Adidas gear this week

adaminho

event wrote: »

Hoped we'd have gotten the Bielsa contract and Adidas gear this week

I wouldn't worry about Bielsa's contract. It's pretty much sorted, it's just he thinks prioritising other stuff first is more important.

championc

There's always the attempt to unveil a new player when unveiling the new kit. They may be trying to get White signed up for the kit unveiling

event

adaminho wrote: »

I wouldn't worry about Bielsa's contract. It's pretty much sorted, it's just he thinks prioritising other stuff first is more important.

Oh I know, but just like it done

championc wrote: »

There's always the attempt to unveil a new player when unveiling the new kit. They may be trying to get White signed up for the kit unveiling

If we get white I wouldn't expect it soon. It'll go to the wire.

As it stands we only have one centre half though

davedanon

Struijk is a centre-half.

Hopefully the Bielsa deal is sorted soon.

I thought Barça would go for a big name manager, or an old boy. Last night's result might make them think what they need is a revolution from top to bottom, someone who will go around with a white glove checking for dust in the training facilities while the players pick up litter, a radical overhaul...

GoldFour4

Bielsa will be announced shortly. He’s been pictured around Leeds in the new training gear.

davedanon

I have not been worried one iota about Bielsa re-signing. There was no way it wasn't going to happen. Did anyone notice that, after the - admittedly hugely entertaining - events of last season: Spygate, the Villa goal, etc, that this season was conspicuously uneventful? Leeds and Bielsa were a very model of consistent, even boring, professionalism. No gossip, no scandal, no El Loco.

I think that sometime before this season started, there was a conversation between Bielsa and Radrizzani. I think that Bielsa would have been embarrassed about all of last season's shenanigans, and that he would have wanted this season to go exactly as it did - no fuss, no problems. He wanted this season to go as it did, because he wanted to take this club into the Premier League and continue as manager, hopefully for as long as he and the club wants.

It was never in doubt. In my humble.

Carcharodon

I think the Ben White deal could be out of our reach, they will just keep on jacking up the price waiting for a Liverpool or someone to come in and over pay, we just don’t have that option, White himself should also ask to leave and tell the owners he wants to go to Leeds if that’s what he actually wants.
I like our signings so far, building for a solid future if we can establish ourselves in the league, definitely need a few more signings that can hit the ground running

Zaph

It's been suggested that there was an error on the Fantasy Football website for a few minutes tonight and players were shown with their next fixture underneath their name. If it's genuine, our first match back in the PL is home to Newcastle. There'd be some atmosphere for that game if fans were allowed back.

Also we're being linked with Brazilian striker Arthur Cabral. He's 22 and spent last season on loan at basel where he scored 14 goals in 25 games. Fee of about EUR 18m is being mentioned.

purple hands

davedanon wrote: »

I have not been worried one iota about Bielsa re-signing. There was no way it wasn't going to happen. Did anyone notice that, after the - admittedly hugely entertaining - events of last season: Spygate, the Villa goal, etc, that this season was conspicuously uneventful? Leeds and Bielsa were a very model of consistent, even boring, professionalism. No gossip, no scandal, no El Loco.

Except for the Kiko racism case, which dragged on in the background for a lonnnng time before the ban was confirmed, and then the speculation that the season could be voided (could only happen to Leeds etc.!), but that does seem like ages ago now.

But on a related note, the lack of consistent drama means we're only getting a two part follow-up to the Amazon documentary apparently. Still, will be good to see if they cover how we've moved on from all the shenanigans in 2018/2019.

davedanon

Tony Cascarino babbling some nonsense about Barca headhunting Bielsa. Idiot.

davedanon

And Ronald Koeman seems to be a done deal anyway.

event

There's a good chance Big Cas didnt know who Bielsa was back in June

whiterebel

event wrote: »

There's a good chance Big Cas didnt know who Bielsa was back in June

I'm sure Matt Cooper told him a few times.....:D

is_that_so

Ajax goalkeeper Dani van den Heuvel, 17, signed on a three-year deal.

blaa85

We'll have some squad for that EFL trophy!

event

Ayling won the PFA fans championship player of the year

adaminho

https://twitter.com/LUFC/status/1296132317921120256

Shlippery

https://twitter.com/adidasUK/status/1296129974303367174

Not bad. Sponsors a bit massive.

whiterebel

Home kit looks good anyway.

adaminho

Shlippery wrote: »

https://twitter.com/adidasUK/status/1296129974303367174

Not bad. Sponsors a bit massive.

It's not the worst though. Plain text and logo in the same colours. Could have been some giant Chinese logo in red!

Mushy

Wish away jersey was confirmed, want to see which one I'll get. I guess thetell be people like me who wont wait and just buy both, hence why I'm not in adidas business strategy

Zaph

Apart from the size of the sponsor's logo being a bit big, I like the new shirt. It's pretty simple but the Adidas stripes are a nice contrast. Maybe would have liked the middle stripe to be yellow, but that's just nit-picking.

Zaph

https://twitter.com/TheSquareBall/status/1296147970153492480

I saw something earlier saying Brighton had slapped a £50m price tag on him, but don't know how true that is. I'd imagine £30m is as much as we're willing to pay for him, but I wish they'd either offer that and see what happens or move on. We need to get a CB in quick, especially if it's not White who at least knows how Bielsa operates.

event

Love the kit. Won't be getting it but I like it. Will wait to see the training gear, looks good on the players already

Zaph

Zaph wrote: »

Also we're being linked with Brazilian striker Arthur Cabral. He's 22 and spent last season on loan at basel where he scored 14 goals in 25 games. Fee of about EUR 18m is being mentioned.

If we are interested in Cabral there'll be nothing happening for a while. He's just tested positive for COVID-19 and is in quarantine for the next 10 days.

NuckChorris1

Zaph wrote: »

If we are interested in Cabral there'll be nothing happening for a while. He's just tested positive for COVID-19 and is in quarantine for the next 10 days.

Leeds that.

adaminho

NuckChorris1 wrote: »

Leeds that.

The one time we don't want to be ALAW :pac::pac::pac: