Leeds Rumours Archive January 29 2014

29 Jan 2014 19:03:05
Heard allegedly that £6 million winding up post against us today, major split in the team looking to take over with one individual been playing a very sneaky two faced tactic. Who also has private issues which are due to come out in the press shore to as alleged .Italians waiting in the background. It is about time we got together (FANS) and stood up to these *******s.

If this was the case it would be all over the news yet nothing. More made up rubbish just to see if people panic

Spot well said, wum.

How are we going to stand up to them precisely? hardly anybody stood up to Bates!

No winding order issued but it could happen to recover £6m funding put into club since November

Whether this is true or not us fans need to get our point accross about the lack of disrespect GFH have shown us fans - need voices on Saturday guys and cause a rather loud stink - LUFC is our club and these people are destroying it in more ways than one they are one minute wonders we are here forever do not forget that! - let's get behind the manager too and show them we mean business! MOT

Weve lost the plot now

For gods sake get real, even someone with no business knowledge will know that if GFH put us into administration they will loose all their investment, they are a bank!
Just keep calm and carry on

Love it how you say italians when there's only one :D

Ha ha with there was none LOL (italians that is)!

No chance of Cellino being passed as fit and proper as a director in the UK Nor any of his representatives. Forget the Ities he has an embezzelment charge and subsequent court case hanging over him. I agree entirely about Haigh he is fake and looking to flip us! These *******s won't ruin our club if we pull together I am making some noise on Sat for BMD **** the rest!

The son could be put up for fit&proper person test though could he not?

{Ed013's Note - Correct}

Yep, brian McDermott deserves a medal for what he is going through right now gfh are an utter disgrace! " oh brian McDermott oh brian McDermott "

This is not rubbish and came from a close source to er!

Where's LUST in all this.? JD

Oh Brian McDermott Ohh Brian McDermott sing it loud and proud saturday peeps! he deserves it with all this GFH crap!


MOT

Ed what are your thoughts on all this crap?

{Ed013's Note - I heard something similar today, the best thing for GFH to do is reduce their asking price and work with Sports Capital. Otherwise they will have to pay them back for the money that has been put into the club. Lets not forget the massive shirt sponsor that could be lost}

Haigh I believe has been a very naughty boy and that is why flowers is so pi**ed off. Flowers wants his money back after been sold a dummy by haigh and other issues will be coming out over the next few days that will paint one of the stars of this catastrophe in a very murky light. Would it be great if for once we could be be saying how well everything was going and what a club we have! I hope I am wrong and a deal is sorted and we have millions to spend!

Ed maybe you need to do a private piece to GFH and try and make them see sense before they sell us down the river good and proper

Hope not- MOT

{Ed013's Note - I just hope they don't panic sell to an idiot! People are slagging David Haigh off, but he has seen the potential with the club and realises GFH are in no position to push forward. That is why he has got the 3 other people involved to take the club to the next level, I just hope he comes through and is successful. What worries me is how a club as big as Leeds with some of the highest attendances in the league can be in so much debt! You don't see other clubs suffer as much as this and I assure you Leeds are not the highest payers when it comes to wages. Through tickets, LUTV, match day sales and the superstore Leeds make a lot more money than most due to the massive fan base}

29 Jan 2014 22:41:56
Ed013, so much debt? have you any idea just how much this is?

{Ed013's Note - I don't know exact amounts mate, but I know they have put 6 million in which I think is extortionate considering the amount of money Leeds bring in and GFH are not poor!}

Has it ever became public who members 3 and 4 of sport capital are? I believe they are the best option for us but I have a feeling cellino is going to be our next owner! I know absolutely nothing about Cagliari apart from the crazy manager dismissals but does the guy invest in the playing side of them?

Ed my concern with Haigh is not personality or indeed what he tried to do but moreso his inegrity. We hear that he was surprised at what they found and that His consortium with AF reduced their offer. All seems fair enough but Haigh is firstly the current MD and must have the clubs accounts available and is still an executive and former director of GFH? this duality raises a lot of questions to me and makes me suspicious of motive As feet in both camps must mean conflict of interest. I want to believe that all the good stuff but feel we are been mis led. The ref to the Cellino and representatives not been fit and proper will have to include the FA's agreement and I still don't believe this is an option. Certainly noy one we want to see as Leeds fans. Wish we could get a clear statement from someone!#MOT

{Ed013's Note - I agree mate, it baffles me that they didn't know what GFH are hiding, if anything at all. It does need a statement and not the day after transfer deadline day. Fans need to know, imagine hearing on the day of the Huddersfield match that everything has fallen through and some players left the day before. I would fear a similar result like the Sheffield game could be on the cards. Leeds needs someone in charge that is right for the club, someone that is honest and gives Brian what he needs, time and of course money for players}

30 Jan 2014 06:35:15
all I can say is BMD is the best LEEDS UTD have had for ages, and if we allow him to leave due to this takeover saga the we need to ask the question . who thinksabout all the loyal leeds fans because it does not seem the board do.

In terms of FA/Football League fit for ownership qualification, I don't believe that an owner has to be a director, and while there were plenty of paragraphs detailing disqualifying reasons for directors (including corruption and 'an offence involving a Dishonest Act'), I saw none specifically mentioning owners. although the regulation is titled 'Appendix 3 - Owners and Directors Test'.

So maybe there is loophole there.

Anyway, if anybody will be switched on to the legal side, it should be David Haigh, according to his CV 'David is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, a member of the UK Institute of Directors and the International Bar Association'

29 Jan 2014 17:45:54
The 3rd Cellino transfer rumour has emerged, this time its 23 year old playmaker Andrea Tabaneli. Cellino apparently wants him to join Leeds in loan, surprise surprise we can't keep him as he's a young player :(

Tabaneli has scored 1 goal and assisted 3 in serie b this season

http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2014/01/28/cagliari-to-loan-italian-playmaker-to-leeds-united-report/

29 Jan 2014 21:01:10
Who is the 3rd player? The only other one I know of is Julio Cesar

1. Julio Cesar

2. Daniele Cacia - V Hellas striker linked to us yesterday on newsnow

3. Andrea Tabaneli - Linked with us today

Third one is an italian striker from verona I think that scored 25 goals last season to get them into seria a. forgot his name but it says he is good at lower level leagues but not at top level and has only played in italy.

29 Jan 2014 16:15:45
With BMD becoming more and more despondent by the day with the pantomime take over at ER there are strong rumors from a contact at Bloomfield Road that Blackpool will make an approach. I hope not, we need stability not change

Behave! That is frying pan into the fire

Could you really blame him? It must be an awful situation to be in, the fans want progress on the field, and he can't improve the squad because of the farce going on in the background!

He might not be getting the backing that he wants from the board but at least they are paying the wages. Blackpool have no money and are losing their best player on loan as they sacked his Dad and he has no reason to hang around anymore.
Who would leave Leeds to go there?

Bmd is a rubbish manager already making excuses about takeover why the team keeps losing, I thought they are proffessionals what a load of crap

29 Jan 2014 13:16:04
Andrew flowers has accused GFH of not caring for the clubs best interests sporting capital have revised there offer since certain problems have come to light all andrew flowers has said is the other people don't know anything about the leeds fans english football heritage I hope its not the italian because his first job will be sacking brian mcdermott cellinos representatives have been seen at thrope arch

Gfh capital must be having a vacation or something, why has there been no statement from them, not a whisper, what a mess these clowns have got us into, just sell will you to sports capital and consortium they want and care about leeds united , understand what the club means to all the fantastic fans, as does brian McDermott who is very committed to us and needs stability for his team, please get this takeover sorted gentlemen!

Absolutely spot on. They are going to get us in serious trouble if this Italian takes over. Name a club that has done well by changing their manager every year. This is what the Italian does regardless of performance. We need some consistency with steady investment brian has my backing. Mot without the Italian

The Italian will absolutely ruin us I think the fans need to make themselves heard on Saturday and loudly WE don't WANT AND NEED THE ITALIAN GOT IT! We have to try something and let's back BMC to the hilt

MOT

Whats everybody concerned about losing McDermott for? We are appalling, his signings are useless, his substitutions are too late, his formations are clueless. Can anybody tell me what's the big attraction please and why Brown plays instead of Mowatt currently oh and why last night we hoofed the ball to McCormack all game. don't like changing managers every season admittedly but this gut has given me no confidence whatsoever.

29 Jan 2014 15:57:28
I don't like to say it but Chelsea haven't done too bad.

Of course GFH should sell to Sports Capital. Best resolution for future of Club but they won't. They now have the opportunity to just sell for the highest price they can get. They do not care what happens after they have sold and if things don't look good (i.e promotion to premier not happen in couple of years) they will sell their remaining 10%. The only GFH people who about the future of LUFC are David Haigh and Salem Patel. They are not Senior another at GFH to make any difference!

Isn't Andy Flower who reduced his offer?

If these sports capital guys r haggling over a few million i'd imagine (if that) for a club they're so "passionate" about maybe they don't have all that too much money themselves, especially if they're willing to looses out to a competitor then tryin to play the oh he doesn't know the fans etc bull, i'm pretty sure cellinio has plenty knowledge about football and fans seeing as he's owned a club for what 20 years what exactly does david haig know about this club or football in general?. if the itallians willing to pay that bit extra that shows more then these guys have done over the last year so fair play to him

29 Jan 2014 16:59:39
When you throw 500 million plus at a team managers are bystanders. But when you look at there most successful period they had the same manager. dimateo was the exception.So we get rid of Brian and bring an Italian in. Will that make the difference will he get us a playoff place. Will he keep us up. Don't know about u. It would be nice to see out team develop over years so when we get back to the promise land we are ready

Not the end of the world chopping and changing managers if your near the top of the pile with bags of cash, but we need stability at the moment. I still believe McDermott has what it takes to get us back to where we belong. We'd dropped so far that it was never going to be a quick fix to rise back up, give it time and patience and we will back to the promised land.

Some people have no integrity. Flash Italian splashing the cash and they are falling over themselves.

Slagging players off and the manager. Marching on Together my erse! i'm sure some of you are closet Man U fans.

Fawksey