02 Jul 2025 17:35:57
Armand Lauriente?? landed at Leeds East at lunchtime.
02 Jul 2025 18:20:26
What are the sources Alf?
03 Jul 2025 00:30:03
Someone at the airport. Could be mistaken tho.
03 Jul 2025 09:49:51
Someone at the airport? This is ridiculous. They must be a big fan of his to even know what he looks like!
Or maybe they follow Sassulo?
03 Jul 2025 11:40:40
Corky, to be fair, it would be possible for someone working at an airport to hear (or even be involved in) conversations, or handle paperwork in relation to a footballer arriving, so not actually need to have any previous knowledge about the person or what they look like. Just saying…
But as Alf said, they may have been mistaken.
03 Jul 2025 12:07:18
people are watching the airport for arrivals Corkey - they literally find what private flights are scheduled, link those to player rumours from the destination and wait at the airport for it to land. This was such an occasion but of course they can only look from a distance so it is possible to make a mistake in identity. It was 100% a club flight apparently but the i'd may not be spot on. we shall see.
03 Jul 2025 16:09:49
Alf - just out of interest, did they say whether the fight was from one of the two airstrips in Sassoulo, or from a nearby airport?
Perhaps it might have been better initially to have said that someone watching the airport thought they had seen the player, rather than seemingly stating his arrival as fact. In then saying your source someone ‘at the airport’ it sounded like it could have been someone working at the place. Just as if you’d said the source was someone ‘at the Club’, it would have seemed more likely that you meant someone working there, rather than just standing around hoping to see something of interest.
As a general point to other posters, I’m fully aware that it’s a rumours site, but surely it would be better if each rumour was attributed, whether to a news aggregator site/ specific media outlet/ an unnamed source connected to the Club/, a bloke down the pub who knows someone who feeds the kit man’s cat/ etc - that would help the rest of us decide just how much/ little credence to give to it.
03 Jul 2025 22:46:29
Club are you the same Clu as before or just a similar name?
04 Jul 2025 03:44:02
We take our sources seriously on here.
04 Jul 2025 11:56:12
Certainly am Alf - the clu’s in the name, and the style - long pedantic posts, still.
Apologies to those who may feel my point re sources is a little petty for a rumour page, but it’s just that a handful of folk on here appear to have some inside insights, including LAD, and maybe yourself on occasion, so it’s good to know whether rumours posted are based on itk snippets of info, conjectural speculation from sleuth-like binocular-wearing fans holed up at local airports, the occasionally accurate musing of the football media, or anything else for that matter.
That way we all know whether to idly banter about it, indulge in a little dark humour befitting of Leeds fans everywhere, or maybe, just maybe get our hopes up that we could be about to sign an actual goalkeeper, a genuine no10, a LB who can defend, a DM enforcer who can compete with Amps, a proper goal-scoring no9 without a significant injury history …………. etc….
04 Jul 2025 20:02:31
Good to hear from you bud as always, hope you are well. In that case I will respond. I can certainly post sources to an extent in future if it would help. The post above was copy pasted exactly as it appeared so not my words but it was on X. The poster generally gets good and accurate insights but did post an update at a later time saying it was based on someone at the airport and the i'd could have been mistaken (although not necessarily) . I may not always be keen on sharing exactly who the source is as I work hard researching these and making useful connections but I will narrow it down as requested so that readers can make better assessments.
04 Jul 2025 20:03:59
Btw I am not in the know whatsoever - but some of the sources I use have good connections so I pass on their info if they let me. The rumours I post are never due to firsthand knowledge.
04 Jul 2025 22:52:19
Cheers Alf. I had got the impression that some of your rumour posts might be based on info from folk who may actually know what they are talking about - which is helpful to know.
No worries, I certainly wouldn’t expect anyone on here to give away the identity of an itk source.
05 Jul 2025 08:07:25
Through sources of sources I think it is true but can't vouch for them directly as they aren't my contacts if that makes sense.