27 May 2014 20:06:34
All the rumours about players coming from Cagliari is not true. Leeds won't be signing any of them on loan or permanently. Not looking at strikers and won't be signing any more than 5/6 players.

Kieren Westwood - Sunderland
Jack collison - out of contract
Loyd dyer - out of contract

They are 3 main targets.

kW will be number 1
JC is replacement of brown
Dyer to replace Kebe after loan
Taylor will understudy to Warnock.
Then it's a RB, CB and possibly midfielder depending if we can get rid of other players to free up wages:
White
Wootton
Zaliukas
Kenny
Norris

1.) 28 May 2014
28 May 2014 00:08:00
Hasn't Norris already gone?

2.) 28 May 2014
This is in line with what I have heard. Our chief scout spent a week in Cagliari looking at youth and reserves as that was all that was available. When he said that they weren't good enough he was sidelined to join every other professional member of staff at the club. Not really sure who is running Leeds United at the moment (apart from MC) - but whoever is there is no money available. MC has already said he wants (needs) to cut the wage bill. Some of us need to stop living in denial. Our squad will be weaker than last season!

3.) 28 May 2014
Realty check. Look on the bright side
We might get relegated!

4.) 28 May 2014
Wage bill and other costs are being reduced to fall in line with FFP rule, not because we have no money.

The size of the wage bill is not a valid way of judging the strength of the squad (our current wage bill is larger than that of Cagliari without having the same strength, QPR wage bill is higher than that of Dortmund despite having anywhere near the same quality in their squad).

I don't expect big money to be spent, or 'big names' coming in but I do expect the money that is spent to be spent well. 3 or 4 sensible signings with the addition of utilising the youth players would give us a far stronger squad than last season. MOT

5.) 28 May 2014
What pathetic posts, he's just sod Cagliari for a whack of money, money that will be spent on players, how much though is anybodys guess, to bang on about relegation is ridiculous, he's kept his old club in the top league for years, give the guy a chance, he's taken a massive job on at Leeds and I for one think he will succeed, so quit all the negative crap and see what happens, MOT.

6.) 28 May 2014
"What pathetic posts, he's just sod Cagliari for a whack of money, money that will be spent on players, how much though is anybodys guess, to bang on about relegation is ridiculous, he's kept his old club in the top league for years, give the guy a chance, he's taken a massive job on at Leeds and I for one think he will succeed, so quit all the negative crap and see what happens, MOT."

I think you'll find that IF the sale of Cagliari goes through, Celino will get just 10 Million Euros upfront, the rest only coming if a new stadium is approved?

10 Million Euros won't come close to what Leeds have cost Celino just to pay the debts and wages off, let alone leave money to buy new players.

Celino quite rightly wants to stop this club (which is now his) losing money every day of the year. We are not negative people, just realists. We ALL hope Celino succeeds and takes us back to the top, but unless players are brought in we have to face the fact that our team was far too weak last season and has now been weakened further still with players being released.

We KNOW we need to buy players, but until we can make the club profitable again I cannot see Celino just throwing the proceeds of his 20 years hard work with Cagliari into the bottomless pot?

I agree we shouldn't be negative, given that for once we have an owner with resources, rather than one looking to just take money out of the club by whatever means possible.

7.) 28 May 2014
No he has not sold for a "Whack" of money, he has sold for about 7.5 million pounds ( initially ) with more to come later if stuff relating to "Stadium development" given green light.

8.) 28 May 2014
It is also worth recognizing that MC still owes GFH over £20M for the purchase of Leeds, with the first installment due soon. So the cash from the sale of Cagliari is already spoken for. Add to that the ongoing crippling costs of running the Club without income and you can see why MC is struggling.

Between MC and GFH I am sure that we are safe from administration. But the way the Club has been cut back, with staff and facilities thrown out, and no sight of decent signings, I just cannot see how or when we will move forward. Good players will not be attracted to a club with no training facility, low wages and an arrogant chairman who cuts short holidays on a whim.

MC said an awful lot before the sale went through. When the FL were persisting about him showing the money he said that it was a trifle - I will buy ER and TA the next day. Now suddenly it is much worse than he realised, TA is a luxury we cannot afford and he is 'not allowed' to buy ER. GFH may have lied to him, but I think that you will find he has also lied to us.

9.) 28 May 2014
Well said rhino, spot on, realityc is just a doom monger, never posts anything positive, he thinks he's in the know

10.) 28 May 2014
Why do people keep linking westwood with us he is crap! ashdown is better than him

11.) 28 May 2014
Reality check
STOP being so boring & negative ALL the time, every post or comment I see your name on is doom & gloom.
If GFH were still in charge we would be in financial meltdown, our best players would be sold to raise money for loans they took out, we would be in admin NOW with points deducted for next season, dropping down a division would be nailed on, then PAPPA SMURF would buy us again by 2017.
Like it or lump it MC is ere, if you don't like what I've wrote I suggest you carry on with your negative comments and change your name to " Victor Meldrew "

12.) 29 May 2014
28 May 2014 23:38:29
Wootton has been a huge disappointment hasn't he, I thought that was a cracking signing when we got him, feel let down really