Leeds Rumours Archive August 13 2013

 

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13 Aug 2013 20:57:04
McCormack is on his way, I've no doubt, too many rumours doing the rounds now with no denials from the mouths of the horses.

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The selling of Rossco would just turn the fans against GFH-C, It would undo all they have done so far so makes no sense unless they had a Top goal scorer linded up to replace him, and that ain't going to happen any time soon. MOT
MJB66

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McDermott and McCormack have done nothing but deny these rumours all summer, how many more times do you want them to do it. Rumours aren't always true otherwise we'd of signed beckford 50 times in the last 3 transfer windows

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Would be absolute stupidity to sell to rival. Which mouths do you want to hear from, beyond McD saying he's not for sale and the player saying he's not going anywhere?

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He will leave. We have the perfect replacement in diouf. Fully fit I'm afraid McCormack won't make BM starting eleven. Diouf was by far our most influential player last season. BM as big plans for him, he recently referred to diouf as a one-off. The transfer funds will b used to strengthen other areas,,, CW

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McDermott said last week that he did not want to sell Ross and Ross did not want to move. Bids have been made by Blackpool and Middlesbrough and rejected.

What do you want McDermott to do? Constantly refresh this page and issue a fresh denial every time an unsubstantiated rumour appears on here?

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I work in boro, in local paper evening gazette, that noises coming from within club are saying he is for sale at right price Mowbray weighing up his next move

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McDermott said he's happy with Ross and Ross said he's happy at Leeds. What more do you want?
After Ross denied the Blackpool rumours on a well known social network site, the players were told that they aren't allowed to speak about transfer speculation.

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"I work in boro, in local paper evening gazette, that noises coming from within club are saying he is for sale at right price Mowbray weighing up his next move"

The whole team is available for the right price mate, that's why Bates sold out.

. the question is whether Boro can afford the 'right' price for McCormack?

If Leeds do sell him (which I hope they don't) I would expect the price to be more than double what you are currently offering.

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No matter how good diouf is or isn't, there is no way he will oust McCormack from starting line up, even if he starts diouf he will accommodate McCormack by dropping somebody else, he can play either tip of the diamond, wide or upfront!

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Every player is for at the right price

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The 'right price' is 3.5-4m - Boro can't afford him.

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Yeah cause the gazette's been spot on so far!

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"I work in boro, in local paper evening gazette, that noises coming from within club are saying he is for sale at right price Mowbray weighing up his next move

for the record, am a leeds fan and don't want him to leave as much as the next man, just reporting what was recorded and that this was coming from the club, if you are all so adamant he's not leaving, why get stressed about it on here.
For the record though if he does go it will be for a lot less than some people on here are quoting

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It's clear BM doesn't fancy RM as a out and out striker, he's only managed to accommadate him recently as a attacking midfielder in the diamond formation, however a fit diouf will give BM a better options with his ability to dictate a game . I also think RM getting game time will b limited, and for that reason BM will sanction the move to free up extra cash

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14 Aug 2013 09:40:51
Saying we don't want to sell him and I don't want to be sold is way different from saying we are not seeling him and I'm not being sold. They are saying the former, that's why the poster says there are no denials. He/she is right, there are not.

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14 Aug 2013 09:40:51
Saying we don't want to sell him and I don't want to be sold is way different from saying we are not seeling him and I'm not being sold. They are saying the former, that's why the poster says there are no denials. He/she is right, there are not.

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If we got offered £3.5m for him, BMcD would take that all day long, get Sharp on loan, Mills in for £1m and a winger for another £1m and use the rest towards wages for the three of them!

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Think a lot of you are giving Diouf way more credit than he deserves, yeah he was one of the more influential players in one of the worst seasons we have had in ages but he is slow and hangs onto the ball too long - he cannot and does not dictate games like some of you are saying. I personally think Ross is far better and will get a starting place before Diouf any day.

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Your pissed mate suggesting RM better than EHD. That's like comparing Leeds too accrington stanley . If RM wants to start impressing me maybe he needs to start with winning over Gordon strachan. Diouf shone last season inspite of playing NW huff ball. Imagine how much better he
'l b under the BM system with the beast Austin terrorising opposing teams and giving EHD the platform to perform. Even BM decribes him as a one-off. It's happy day at the mo mate. x

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Diouf can pick a pass far better than McCormack and keeps hold of the ball far better. I would though play Diuof in the role McCormack is playing at present, drop Varney and play McCormack as our main striker where I think he would be far more a danger to opposition than he is at present

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"Holds on the the ball too long"? That's called possession, right? Something we couldn't do last year without diouf playing, and makes the opposition have to work harder?!

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Agree with the poster stating Diouf not as influential as some seem to think. He is a very capable player and playing off a front two would be an ideal spot for him.
Also think that Ross would move up front when Diouf is fit but I suspect if the offer is around 2.5 million, we'll be thanking him for his contribution and looking for the next move. Time, however, is very short and the price of players tends to shoot upwards as the transfer window starts to close.

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McDermott has said something. He said last week that he doesn't want to sell, Ross doesn't want to leave and that was that.

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"Holds on the the ball too long"? That's called possession, right?

Not necessarily mate, can also be classed as being greedy and not passing to team mates when they are open, which is something he has a tendency to do in my opinion.

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14 Aug 2013 22:36:53
Ross mac wants to stay, said it enough times in recent weeks on his twitter, it all comes down to whether the club get what they deem a offer they can't turn down, nearer 2 mil will test the clubs resolve.

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I don't want to go to work tomorrow, but I have to.

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13 Aug 2013 14:14:00
Heard Matty Taylor coming now Downing has joined West Ham

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Hope not don't rate him, not quick or skillfull enough to play wide and certainy not strong enough to play in the midfield.

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Good player, but in my opinion not the right man for us. Personally I think that we should be looking at a right winger with pace and a striker who scores 20 goals a season (as Ross may be on his way to celtic/middlesborough). Not sure who though.

Matt, mot!

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Brian said not but seems to be linked a fair bit

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Brian said we're not signing Matt Taylor. Move on.Next!

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What happened to the investment deal?

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13 Aug 2013 02:26:32
Hearing celtic preparing a £1.5 million bid for Ross, if any truth think he will go.

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You must have bad hearing pal.

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If Leeds turned down 1.3 from Boro I can't see them tempted by 1.5 nearer 2m and they could be interested

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An ex rangers boy signing for Ceptic. That will go down well. {Ed013's Note - He supports Celtic}

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Wouldnt want him to go but wouldn't blame him. His boyhood club, league titles, champions league. Hard to turn down. Unlike Boro lol

Crmd

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Fair enough ed. that's why your the one in charge haha {Ed013's Note - ;-)

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I hope not. That's got to be a tempting move for McCormack. Not a good move for us though. It's important we keep him.

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Seasons already started, IMO it's too late to release one of our key players if something was going to happen it would/should have been done during pre-season

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In the last 3 seasons we have sold our star player right at the end of the transfer window

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I say sell him. I like him but we need a different kind of player

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1.5 plus some add-ons might seem good business (appearances/goals etc. ) financially but, problem would be getting a replacement as good or better for a similar price at this stage. Keep him or up the price to around 2.5 mill cash because selling now would be pretty inconvenient for us.
CityWhite

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What if the deal was 500k plus Stokes for Ross. Think Stokes would get a lot of goals in this division

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OH NO. PLEASE NOT STOKES. We don't need his baggage. Google is a great search instrument.

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I would only sell if we could get ALF in, I reckon Ross is the most creative of the front players we have, although I think he's wasted on the right side of midfield

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Started of at Celtic but was not good enough, ended up at Rangers youths

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Embrace ourselves McCormack will leave. McDermott will happily accept a fee close to £2 mill. He already has his replacement in Diouf. McCormacks knows he will lose his place as the man behind the two strikers to diouf once he's fully fit. McDermott already gone on record suggesting dioufs a one-off. Diouf African player of the year twice was our most influential player last season, McDermott will choose diouf over McCormack. It's also obvious the manager didn't fancy Ross as a out and out striker. He will use the transfer funds to replenish other weak areas of the team. Clive

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Ok McDermott said last week that he's happy with McCormack & McCormack's happy at Leeds. What is so hard to understand??

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Around the 2 mil mark, then I think he may well go.

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Just a week before Steve morrison left he to said how happy he was at Leeds. Like any politician they tell exactly what u want to hear. Clive

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If we were offered 1.75 upwards, by anybody, i would snatch their hands off!mccormack is not as good as he thinks he is, the money could be used elsewhere, cd maybe.

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I agree with Clive. He thinks he, s a better player than he actually is, far to greedy and loses the ball far to often by not laying it off, ie, gets dispossed to ofton.

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13 Aug 2013 19:10:04
I agree with Clive. in MHO I think that he, s far to greedy with the ball, gets dispossed far to often, ie loses the ball instead of laying it off. Get rid and spend the money more of a team player.

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Wrong diouf will play on the wing

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We don't play with wingers now. I'm not suggesting diouf won't occassionally play on wings he will, However I feel he'll b far more influential behind the strikers and most importantly b far more effective than McCormack could ever b. Clive

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McCormack does a good job for us, but I don't think he's good enough for Celtic especially if they are aiming to win the league.

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I've always thought if Celtic played down here they'd be about on a par with Boro

Fawksey

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Got to agree with the Diouf scenario.When fit he will replace Ross and BM seems to prefer Hunt up front to start with Smith and Dom coming on.He knows we need a goalscorer a CB and a winger.GFH have given the go ahead to sign 2 any transfer close to 2 mil will buy the other

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So Diouf's going to play 40 odd games in the number 10 role? Give me a break! Ross is first choice there, Diouf will be a super sub because he couldn't handle 3 games a week last season. Diouf's a one off alright. Capable of sheer brilliance, but capable of doing something utterly stupid (spitting at people). Even if Diouf played in the hole, Ross would move up front with Varney on the bench

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There's no comparison between RM and EHD . RM can't even make the Scottish national team whilst EHD records speaks for itself. he even managed to shine with NW huffball, can only imagine how much better he'l b playing the BM way. The whole point of having big squads is so no player has to b in a position where they play 40-50 games a season, byram did that and look at him now waiting for an operation Clive

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RM just not RM type of striker and neithe was Morrison he'l only play up front as a sub. he doesn't have that physical presents. That's why he won't b playing for scotland tonight are any other time for that matter. He'll have a better chance as a attacking midfielder

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14 Aug 2013 14:03:23
I agree with the post above, everybody seems to have suddenly forgotten about the scapegoat of last season Varney. He took a lot of stick and fair play he's come through it strongly, however if there was an issue of McCormack or Diouf playing it would be both, with Varney dropping to the bench. You have to remember the formation can be altered thought best.

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Aye Fawkesy no bother pal, only 2 clubs bigger than Celtic in England are Manchester United & Liverpool and we would hold our own against any top four, your comments make me laugh mate, how come English football frightened to let old firm come & play down there then, if we did play down there & started in lower leagues I bet we would make premiership before your lot, plus more money & better signings for us cause your thrid rate side wouldn't get a look in!

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Yeah, that League One is a doddle to get out of.

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