28 Jul 2025 21:11:26
Can Buendia/ Hamer/ Gloukh play AM or wing?
28 Jul 2025 21:39:14
From what I've seen of Buendia (being married into a family of Villa supporters) , he is AM only - needs to be in the middle with a good sight of all the runs in front of him.
Must confess I'm not Hamer's biggest fan - not sure he's cut out for the prem.
28 Jul 2025 23:08:41
Cleggy - while at Villa, Buendia has been deployed in a range of positions, though most frequently at AM. However, during his career as a whole, he’s actually played most frequently at RW, particularly while at Norwich.
28 Jul 2025 23:45:10
At Norwich he played mostly off the left.
29 Jul 2025 00:51:12
So middle left and right then.
29 Jul 2025 05:38:29
I’m pretty sure if Farke wanted Buendia and he himself wanted to come to Leeds, he would be here already.
I think it’s safe to say that this particular signing will not be happening, especially when you consider the previous interest in the player.
You can add Hamer to that list as well.
It was frustrating with Paixao to learn that he is not winging his way to Elland rd right now but it did carry the weight of predictability when you consider Marseille wanted this player who are I believe involved in Champions League football this season, they also offered more money than our club was prepared to.
It’s the way the cookie crumbles I’m afraid.
We definitely need a LW so the search goes on.
29 Jul 2025 07:25:51
Why did we persist for two weeks on a player that was never going to come here opti. Weird transfer policy.
29 Jul 2025 08:10:44
It’s why I personally was a little skeptical about this move, when I heard Marseille were involved I thought it would be difficult to entice him to our place.
Shame but we move on.
29 Jul 2025 08:15:06
Corky - if you check Transfermarkt, you’ll find that Buendia was played at RW while at Norwich - confirmed by video footage too that while in-game he drifted across the front, he was principally on the right. Breaking the Lines scouting report of 2020 states ‘…Buendia has mainly played on the right flank of Norwich’s 4231…. ”.
29 Jul 2025 11:11:33
Cluey I wasn’t trying to contradict you as it may look. Your post wasn’t up yet when I posted he played off the left.
As for the players position I’ll bow to your internet searching and that maybe my memory is cooked!