Leeds Rumours Archive May 03 2012

03 May 2012 21:43:47
Leeds should attempt to sign Sean Murray he plays for Watford my local team. He is a quality midfielder alls likes to be on the ball and has a great shot. He is about 18 would a bit but worth it in the long run.

03 May 2012 21:30:43
ed i think beckfords wages would be to high for us if we believe what we hear ? mot {Ed020's Note - your right, if he comes, he'll have a high wage price, and thats just not something we can adhere too, he'd get 17,500 max at a push with us. i would love him to be back, but realistically, its probably not going to happen}

Beckford was only on £20k per week at Everton in the Premier League so in the Championship I reckon he would setle for around £15k per week, as is being offered to Snodgrass. He should jump at the chance to play for Leeds again as Leicester obviously isn't the place for him {Ed020's Note - he's on £25k at leicester so i've heard, its not impossible that he'd take the cut, but i don't think the powers at be would wanna make him one of/the highest roller at leeds}

Snap him up on a 2 year deal. 10k this season rising to 25k if we get promoted. dangle the carrot to the boys in white ha

Always a tricky one going back as doesnt always work out. Cant see him being on more money at Leicester than he was at Everton. I may be nieve but surely with him being a striker you give him a good goal bonus ie money for creating and for scoring plus a big chunk for 20+ goals. That way if he is successful so are we and will be where we want to be which would mean big crowds and money into the club.

He loves leeds i was at the end of season and becchio and beckford was together all the time saying fingers crossed and all that if he wants to come to leeds i rekopn he will take a wage cut

I think Beckford will take a wage cut as he has often declared his love for the club and city. He clearly sin't happy at Leicester and he might want to be at a club where the fans love him...

03 May 2012 21:19:57
Matt Mills 1.5 million
Richie Wellens 500k
Jermaine Beckford 2 million.
Just my prediction of what they're worth, should definitely look into these.

03 May 2012 20:02:58
Neil Warnock Wants These Players To Join Leeds
Pearce
Helguson
Diouf
Beckford
Halford
Butterfield
Kuzaachek

Helguson NO CHANCE butterfeild NO CHANCE why would they come here when they can play in premiership

03 May 2012 18:49:38
Beckford listed by Leicester today
Come on ken and Colin bring him back to lead us to the Premiership. He might miss a few but hel'll score more than 20 and the fans want him

Hi, I retread old ground, 'score more than 20', he had 39 opportunities to score 20 for Leicester, and managed....9, and they finished ahead of us in the league.
I have a telephone number for anyone needing reality pills.

He scored 10 goals in Premiership , mostly from the bench.
Get off his back

I just think beckford has been mistreated at Leicester and as lost his confidence . give him a new club and he will shine again ,i hope we do re-sign him hes something different which warnock was saying we have nothing different well there he is a pacey striker with lots of goals in him

If we do get him back, he will give 200% every game- we are the team that gave him his break so he will try his best to get us where we deserve.

If there ever was a time for bates to invest, it's now! MOT

Guys, let's get real, I would love to see him back myself but Leicester paid £4.000.000 for him & they will want a good return on that, not to mention what wages he's on now, If we went in for Beckford that would probably take nearly all of Warnock's budget & Beckford alone will not bring us promotion....

The amount of goals a striker scores is not entirely based on ability. The type of game being played affects it too, for example, Becchio hasnt got a great deal of pace, so trying to play through balls for him is never going to work, as he just won't get there. Whereas pumping crosses in onto his head will get loads of goals (like last season). Perhaps Beckford has just been playing in a team with the wrong tactics?

03 May 2012 16:40:41
leeds ins:
scott flinders (hartlepool)
magnus okuonghae (colchester)
craig forsyth (watford)
lee martin (ipswich)
christophe berra (wolves)
sebastian squellaci (arsenal)
gabriel tamas (west brom)

03 May 2012 15:50:49
Personally I think to many people are saying old players are coming back they all left for a reason so I dont think they should be welcomed back sign a new batch of players to make Leeds the team the once was mot!

Old players are like old girlfriends you should never go back! it never works out,the way i see it is why pay big wages for has beens when there are lots of great young talent out there who will bring us big returns if we sell them later down the line,i would be looking abroad for some untapped talent if i was warnock!! places like thailand,UAE or albania

03 May 2012 15:25:02
i think all the players he has released deserve another chance i think he should get rid of mcormack and snods as they are both rubbish and lazy, also think bechio is not up to scratch

Sounds like this person knows what he is talking about I wish he was manager

Ha i was only kidding the above comment was from me, i totally agree with what NW has done, even agree with clayton, would be good to see a new breed of players coming, dont want the likes of smith,bowyer,woodgate etc etc. only ex player i would like to see back is beckford.

! both rubbish and lazy? if they were we'd probably have been relegated. them two kept us up mate.

Totally agree with the comment above bring back beckford!

Agree with this exept for snoddy, he's easily our best player and we should deffo keep him

Dont fall for it, the posts are put on by some person who answers himself, do urself a favour and ignore this idiot

Think a bit of sarcasm is in this e-mail , i like liverpool and think Carroll and henderson are brilliant but Gerrard is overated and would let him go on a free to reduce the wage bill, hence freeing up some cash to extend Andy Carrolls contract

Cant see why you bradford fans come on here pretending to be leeds fans, all those 3 have been great for us.

03 May 2012 15:15:52
Diouf will sign for Leeds...

Believable = He will
Unbelievable = He won't

He is an absolute plonker but he will be great for us!!

03 May 2012 15:00:08
With Warnock transfer listing and releasing 11 players I sincerely hope that he has a similar quantity lined up. If he is only guaranteed 4 he might have to sign 4 or 5 has beens or never has beens then we could have the same quality squad as last season. If Snoddy and White leave we could be in dire straits.

Totally wrong! we need now if contracts r accepted about 6 players in. we needed to thin the squad which is what he has done, less players in the squead means more in the wages pot.

There will be 3 or 4 defenders coming in 2 or 3 midfielders and maybe a striker this is if the 6 transfer listed are sold there as been 7 or 8 players releases including parker and mika Vayrynen so its 13/14 players out and upto 11 in . probably just bring in 8 or 9 players in the end of a decent quality and then the bench will be ...................
Brown
kisnorbo
pugh
somma

not a bad bench in my opinion .................
id like to see
.........................

lonergan

new rb
lees
new cb
new lb

new cm
new cm

mccormack
snoddy
rogers

becchio

I hope he hasn't got 'simlar' quality as 10 of the 11 aren't good enough!! We need better quality than those departing

Pugh and kisnorbo, not a bad bench. have you ever watched leeds ?

Leeds will have a smaller squad next season. Rather have quality over quantity

Maybe you should give Colin a call, i bet he hasn't thought about that. Doh!

Nope Uncle Ken said on Yorkshire Radio squad is getting reduced from 30 to 20 to make more funds available foir transfers, ie 10 plyers less those 10 players on £6k per week, NW now has £60k/week budget to get 1 or 2 better player so we will see more players coming in on higher wages but only if they are worth it

The quantity is exactly what has been financially crippling us over the last few years. spending the wages of 11 bad players on 6 good players is a much better bet. thats how you build a good team. if you want a better team, you can't afford to bring a similar number of players in.

Warnock has been around long anothe to know whos got what it takes to be a leeds player. why do you think we brought him in because for once we have got someone in we can trust to not waste funds. mot4life

03 May 2012 14:32:22
I have just met Alan smith in Leeds
city centre and he told me he had agreed
a 2 year contract with Leeds united, to be announced tomorrow. {Ed020's Note - haha, believe it when i see it.}

Yes it's true Smudgers coming home! (does this make it believable now?)

Hi, yeah right, I do not know who, or how important a person you are, as much as I think little of Smith, I do think he is capable of holding his water, and not blabbing about his future intentions before they are made public.

P.s. if you are correct, where will he play? He cannot score, cannot tackle, cannot pass, cannot 'keep, surely N W does not want him for his petulant snarl, spitting, and fancy highlighted hair.

Players should be banned from putting rumours on this site what do you think yes for agree
no for disagree

And ive just had a port and lemon in Big Lills with Will Smith - hes signing for deffo as our new LB, its true as the source comes from his dogs as its best mate with my neighbours pet Giraffe and ive had it on good authority - you heard it hear first !! GET A GRIP.. {Ed020's Note - funniest post ever lol}

What a load of tosh and this is coming from the big smithy fan on here, hes made it very clear that he's concentrating on play offs with mk dons and considering options in summer.. if anything he'll probably end up staying there so someone's clearly having a laugh

Cool im in brisbane and mark viduka says hes comin out of retirement for us.

03 May 2012 14:09:05
Could NW see El Hadji Diouf doing the same job for Leeds that Taarabt did for him at QPR?

I agree, and everyone hates him like they hate leeds he will be great for us

03 May 2012 13:55:51
Everyone says that Leeds wouldn't pay 15k a week for a players wages. Maybe it's because they felt that player wasn't worth 15k a week. Doesn't mean that if a player is worth it we won't pay it.

Bang on.

I agree with all that you have written, however, consider the motivation for players and fans. Blood sweat and tears is all good and well, if not undermined by the boardroom actions. Clearing out the dead wood should have started with Bates! No Bates= new belief. New belief= attraction of quality players= more fans attending= 12 man= promotion.

It is possible to get the players we need on wages less than 15k a week. Therefore we shouldn't get players on 15k a week. We can't afford to go wrong, and that's what happened last time, and it's what happened to Portsmouth, Southampton, Charlton, Palace etc. too. Let's not make the same mistakes again.

03 May 2012 13:31:26
Leeds birmingham and notts forest all intrested in signing pompey rb/cb greg halford

03 May 2012 13:00:18
Just seen on official website and maybe reading to much into the headline "BOSS ON VERGE OF SIGNING NUMBER ONE". I think it will be a goal keeper as that looks like a hook to get us excited. So I think it will be Tomasz Kuszczak.
This is just solely me thinking her, I'm not saying I over heard Alan Smith in Billy's bar or I'm friends with another team head scout.

But could this mean number one as in his 1st signing?

Thats because when you intend buying players somebody as to be bought 1st.SIGNING NUMBER ONE,and then SIGNING NUMBER TWO and so forth.

Lonners retained (not listed) so GK not a priority.

Why didn't it say number one signing. it's a headline so it needs to get peoples attention. it's only a suggestion as do need a keeper??

No keeper needed he just needs confidence . letting all them goals in will knock the confidence right out of a gk and its up to NW to sort this out and get lonners back on form .

This player will be JASON PEARCE not a goalkeeper

Lonners is a decent keeper and if he gets confidence in his defence and midfield he will get better still. Would be glad if we get in Mills , Bamba , a decent left back and right back , winger and centre mid for starters. He has said Clayton not forced to go either and hoping he drops his demands.

Lonergan is a decent keeper and as good as all the names that are being thrown into the ring. NW certainly won't be parting with any of his budget to finance another keeper

NW has heaped praise on lonners on a few occasions e.g vs hull...don't think he's going to sign a new keeper?!?....maybe to provide competition but NW likes to stick with his no1 and have his no2 as a youngster

03 May 2012 12:47:38
Looking at the players people are linking leeds with on here, Oh my word i hope not!
Paul Green, Sammy Clingan, Shocking midfielders, Darren Ambrose? Not good enough.
Jason Pearce, Good signing if this comes off.
Matt Mills, Solid Defender.
Sol Bamba, looks good.
Diouf, goodplayer, i think he wud play well under the spotlight.
We are constantly linked with simon cox, Why?? Plays the odd game and scores the odd goal. but hes never been prelific or consistent.
Jordan Rhodes - We have no chance. when town finally decide to part with him for millions, Leeds wont be the ones forking it out. fact.

Darren Ambrose is not good enough? How did you come to that conclusion?

03 May 2012 12:02:35
NW just been on Sky Sports News saying he has not ruled out buying Diouf....

Whoever clicked unbelievable should sit and watch Sky Sports News for a bit ;-)

03 May 2012 11:24:36
If Blackburn go down how about Robbo coming back?.He still lives local is a fan and is better than what we have got. Also think Butterfield would be a great acquisition he is quality. I also would like Morgan from the Blunts depending on his fitness, a real leader on and off the pitch

Butterfield is on the verge of signing for Reading and Morgan is an awful player please no.

Newcastle roumoured to be in for Butterfield on SSN

03 May 2012 10:58:54
Got a feeling Ken will offload Leeds Utd the day they get back into the Premiership...Try and get them up there while spending as little as possible to do it. {Ed020's Note - its not a secret, he's said thats what he's doing. i hope he has some billionaire sheikh or oil Barron lined up for us tho}

That would be nice but ill be happy just staying in prem league once we get there. build a squad slowly . {Ed020's Note - i'd be just as happy with that too aswell lol}

No I think you've got it wrong. He wants to walk back into stamford bridge as chairman of Leeds and there is nothing Abramovich can do to stop him, as they pushed him out unceremoniously at the end. Obviously wants to do it the cheapest way though!

Not getting any younger is he so its possible.

Aussie media tycoon rumour won't go away that once Leeds back in pl bates has agreed to sell

03 May 2012 10:39:23
NW just on skysports said the first signing should be revealed tomorrow, lets see if it is Pearce as I said 3 to 4 weeks ago, my contact said it would be before the 7th May!!

Your contact being Neil Warnock announcing it publicly?

03 May 2012 10:07:54
I know we need to make some changes and improvements, like all teams do at close season. But is this sort of fire sale really required so quickly? And should it be happening with NW only on another 12 months contract? What happens if he brings as much average talent as we have into the squad & things don't work out.

It's not a fire sale, it's clearing the deck mainly of players who we are paying for to do nothing. If Pearce is the start then the quality will be much better than what we have had

Yes,getting rid of so many players was needed and will be welcomed by 99% of whites fans.but if as you say things dont go as planned and we end up with a worse team(though i cant see it myself) then he gets the sack and we move on, as always.MOT

I agree with everything you've said. It could work, but there's a very high chance of it backfiring Liecester style.

When beckford,Johnson,killkenny,howson,gradel and schmicel went we lost the heart and backbone of the team only leaving snoddy and becchio.
Lees clayton and maccormack have been pluses but the rest are just not up to it so no loss whatsoever

03 May 2012 09:23:31
The reason Paul Robinson is been sent back to Bolton is because Blackburns Paul Robinson is returning to Leeds. NW thought it would be too confusing for him having two Paul Robinsons! Also, if Blackburn go down, Leeds are poised to make a bid for Yakubu.

Why would Yakubu leave Blackburn for Leeds? Blackburn will be well positioned to go back up and he will be on quite good money, more than old Batesy will stump up for, then there's the transfer fee too. Be real

Can't see that happening. If Lonergan is been retained, then I don't see why he'd make a bid for Robinson, as we don't name a keeper on the bench.

As for Yakubu, he's performed well enough for someone in the premiership to take a punt at him. Think for the right price a prem team will probably put a bid in.

Why the hell is it confusing? 2 completely different people, couldn't anyone manage the difference or would they fall to the floor having a head fit because they couldnt get their head around two people with the same name, wow Ur an idiot

03 May 2012 07:42:21
New Goalie could well be the keeper we tried to loan who Fergie blocked - Kuszczac.
His contract is up next month and he wanted to come earlier in the season.

Be a great signing. better than lonergan and kasper

03 May 2012 01:36:35
Clayton has tweeted he was NOT the player who asked for 15k a week. Bates said the players request is completely beyond this world. (i reckon its aidy white)

Its a player called 7 years of lies apparently

I think clayton was listed cos hes one that will fetch a fee not many of the others will

It is Clayton. What Bates will have done is his usual mis-representing of numbers - he takes player wages, signing on fee, agents fees, tax, and then divides that by the number of weeks in the contract. So it may be the case that Claton wants to sign a 2 year contract on £12k per week but wants a £300k signing on fee plus agents fees, so Bates then calls that £15k per week.

White is on the retained list so I very much doubt he is the one asking for £15k per week.

Claytons tweet was "I DIDN't ask for £15k a week"
Bates said a players agent asked for £15k per week.
Warnock said "the contract Adam’s representatives were looking for, we weren’t prepared to go to that extent"
All 3 statements are probably right, Clayton's may not have asked but his Agent may have

It was Aidy White and Howson also tried to get stupid wages

Has he been a naughty boy or something? Surely he is good enough for the first team squad at the least. So developed this season following his loan & surely at his age, is only going to get better?

Apparently it was ross mcormack that wanted 15k a year, or at least his agent did. he's only had one good season