Leeds Rumours Archive July 23 2013

23 Jul 2013 19:57:49
Leeds have made a bid for Kaspars Gorkss believed to be £450,000

FFS, he's nearly 32. Do we want him at that age?

23 jul 2013 17:57:58
: red bull have brought er and ta and hoping to give b mc 30m in transfer cash!

So they've bought a stadium and a training ground that we don't own AND they are going to give us £30M. Very generous of them, I have to say I'm warming to this Red Bull lot.

Haha dream on. if they gave Brian 3m I would be happy.

And where have you heard this? There is nothing on the OS or any statement from the club.

Leeds United don't own Elland Road

Think this would be known to the majority of leeds fans if it was true and it probaby would be national sport news

I don't think its true but if it is I have been told ER and TA would cost 25m to buy back. if we buy both back with the 30m on condition we name both ER and TA red bull whatever and have 5m left over for players that would be great. but do things as good as that happen to us. what a huge step forward it would be though.

Where exactly did they bring Elland Road and Thorpe Arch to?!

These things don't happen to LUFC- we are the only team taken over by a crowd with no money! could only happen to us

To the 7th reply, can't you see its a typo. grow up. i'd love it if this was true but can't see this happening like you just said it has.

To the 9th reply get a sense of humour

Where did you here this from and why isn't it news already

Otherwise good news and welcomed by pretty much all :)

To the 10th, I have a sense of humour, tbh by picking at bits of peoples posts annoy people so not really funny.

It's completely true, Elvis just rang me up and confirmed it, also said tomorrow's bonus ball number is 73! You heard it here first

I normally drink red bull to sober up. Maybe some of you guys need to drink it also to sober up and stop dreamin

Note to self bonus ball is 73

23 Jul 2013 15:08:31
Was told my a friend of mine who works in finance in Leeds that the club have been in talks with Red Bull for quite a long time.

I understand the deal being structured is a partnership with GFH-C. Red Bull will provide the funds to re-buy the ground, but will also acquire the naming rights. There will be a shirt sponsorship. Sticking point is reportedly the club name. Red Bull also want to acquire the club naming rights, which GFH-C are unwilling to sell at the moment. Expect a compromise - something along the lines of "Leeds United Red Bulls" is what I was told. Or "Leeds United RBs"

Personally would be happy to see the stadium name change. Not going to ever call Elland Road the Red Bull stadium. But if the club became "Leeds Red Bulls", with new logo etc - essentially a different club based in Leeds - that'd be the end of my support.

No way to treat the club by changing the name. We are Leeds until the day I die.

If there is any truth to this rumour, the supporters need to make their thought known to the board before it is too late and Red Bulls will have an empty stadium

I know the concerns everyone has for the red bull investment/whatever it may be but in the climate for today in football we have to move with the times to keep up. I have been following leeds for over forty years now and will continue to even if it is LUFCRB.
We need the investment to get the players, doesn't have to be silly money on players but we have to get back to the premiership.

A genuine 'wind-up'. Leeds United is the name, Leeds United it will remain. IF Red Bull are in talks, I would say the part about the ground sponsorship is close to the mark, but the rest is (IMO) Red Bull****!

In Austria at the moment, the home of Red Blue and there is a massive ad campaign for Blue Bull - in silver and blue colours - a blueberry energy drink. So what about White Bull next?

Agree 100% with reply 2, we need to move with the times, whatever they call the team and ground it, l always be Leeds United and Elland road to me.

First off all they and gfh have to buy back the ground before anything can be done

If memory serves an American business man tried to buy a lg2 club about 5 years ago. Part of his proposal was to change the end of their name to something like Lightning instead of FC to make them sound more exciting and sale-able abroad. The FA blocked the move saying he would have to treat it as a new club and drop it down to the lower levels. This could be because of fan protest but i'm guessing it was to stop rich people on a power trip buying the top clubs and changing names to stupid things. let's be honest if you could, with americans in charge of scum, they would have been the manchester red devils or some such the day after the ink dried on the paperwork.
Most likely it will be shirt sponsorship, stadium sponsorship and possible rename, which to be fair Elland road is hardly the most inspired bit of naming ever so I can live with that, and, if they buy controlling shares, not just an investment, It could mean a change of colour for the strip (similar to barca with there colour palette?) and a new badge, which was already fairly new so not dumping a large chunk of identity.
If the investment is big enough and we get the ground and TA back I could live with that.

Gummie

Your last sentence baffles me. I question your loyalty if a name change would stop you supporting would still be leeds united.

For me any configuration of Leeds or Leeds United with Red Bull attached is okay. And I've been following the club since the early 70's.

Name change won't happen as the FA do not allow over commercialisation

Name changes won't happen in England, the precedent has been set.

Of course the name of the team will not, and cannot, change. Man C didn't become Manchester Ethihad, Arsenal didn't become Arsenal Emirates, or Newcastle U Newcastle Direct. People have a tendency to become carried away. Shirt and stadium naming par for the course for a big club taking big bucks. Fine. Let's get on with it. It's only really news because we are outside the Prem and desperate. The stadium name would only stick if it was a new stadium to boot. Chapel A

To be honest if they got naming rights David Haigh would have a lot of protest tweets soon after it was announced


I don't think they're foolish enough to allow Red Bull to rename Leeds United but the stadium naming/shirt sponsorship I can see happening and I don't think us fans would mind it too much if it got us back to the big time

Don't know if this is a load of rubbish but if we do end up ''leeds redbulls'' (etc) after 13 years of supporting the club I would really re-consider supporting them, if it does happen it is a bit of a Master bates trick!

My guess is that they wouldn't be allowed to change the name of the club otherwise this would have happened already with some of the other clubs that are nder foreign ownership/sponsorship.

If red Bull are in talks then the OPs comment about them wanting to change the name is likely to be true as they have done that at every other club they are involved with (not just Salzburg). They got around Bundesliga rules against commercialisation by naming the club RB Leipzig and claiming it stood for Rasen Ballsport (lawn ballsport). Don't know what FA rules allow but they would hopefully insist that the name Leeds United remains. Personally I would welcome their investment ONLY if the club doesn't lose it's identity or have it's heritage and history denied.

23 Jul 2013 06:30:46
According to the current bun Leeds are after 31yr old CB Kaspars Gorkss, what's people's thoughts on this? Good enough??

Definitely. I'd personally prefer him to Mills

JodyWales

Probably turned his attention to him either because we can't meet Boltons valuation or Mills won't come. he is a good player an would massively improve our poor defence.
The clock is ticking, need some quality in

I'd choose Gorkks over Mills, definitely. Its a central defence we need really. Peltiers ok, but he's not always at his best and when he's not, he's actually quite a liability. Credit to Tom Lees, last season he impressed me (which wasnt the case from the season before). I reckon one good solid and experienced Centre Back is what we need. But the priority in my eyes is still with getting wingers in.

Roundhay White

Relegation specialist.

I don't think he meets the young and hungry description Brian McDermott said he was looking for and I don't think a player approaching 32 is worth £450,000. I would rather see Harry Maguire who at least has some potential and future sell on fee

No, end of story.