Leeds Rumours Archive July 27 2012

27 Jul 2012 19:55:25
Leicester want £850K for Peltier... I'd take Halford if thats the case. No chance he's worth that much

Halford has signed for forest and Peltier is much much better. Also it makes a change not to be signing Portsmouth players.

No chance of signing Halford now.. He signed for Florist today.. Good signing missed out on.. Would have preferred him to Peltier tbh..

Nevermind I know NW will have 3 big named signings up his sleeve. I honestly believe with the new owners giving him assurances about his job being safe they have provided enough funds for him to bring in his targets as prove his job is in fact safe..

Not a rumour just my thoughts really.. Warnock wont take any sh&*£ and will have told Bates or the the new owners wot his plans are and where he wants to take us..

Promotion all the way for lufc this season.. PL here we come!

Lufcfan

Halford signed for Nottingham Forest tonight.
source Portsmouth os
white4ever......

We can get better for that sort of money , must be bad huddersfield have pulled out mot

bradford white

Totally agree. I think I might take Halford anyway, and use the Snoddy cash for the forward positions. All summer I've been asking myself: if Peltier was such a good player, is there any way Leicester would be looking to get rid? Such a shame we didn't get Ward -much better value, younger, more versatile, and possibly a better long term prospect. Chapel A

Too late I'm afraid halford completed move to forest !

Signed for Forest.

Halfords gone to forest, plus peltiers the better player

Too late halford at forest now

27 Jul 2012 16:15:55
It's on SK Brann official site that Rudy Austin has signed a year contract at Leeds.
MOT

I think you mean 3 year contract from what I have heard.

Original poster here, what I meant to say was 3 years

3 yrs contract apparently but waiting on work permit

The lads got to fly to west indies to finalise some paperwork first,he must be gutted...LOL.....

This is our best deal yet what a bargain

Three year contract... Mot

Have you seen this guy play, OMG a very good player. should be in the prem.
can shoot 35+ yards, tackle like a bull, very very good passer of the ball. can't waite to see him play =D

27 Jul 2012 15:19:17
Ed's and fellow whites!!

As you know i have posted a number of times re: the takeover...

I have received news today stating that the sale of LUFC is at least a few weeks of yet and is not imminent!

Due dilligence is still ongoing and I shall keep you up to date on any info i get! MOT!!

Youngie!

You talk crap!! You know nothing so stop trying to put a downer on us real fans.
Lee
M.O.T

Trust me, I have much more important things to do with my time other than dream up crap that might wind up fellow Leeds fans! I only post on here what I know and what i hear! MOT!!

Youngie!

There is a confidentiality agreement in place regarding the takeover, so how come you have information that is currently not being reported by the media ??

Gary cooper from lust said on the radio the other night,everything thing is complete,just waiting on bates to sign the deal

oultonwhite

Youngie - whats the hold up, does the takeover still look on course.

Because I do a lot of work with the solicitors dealing with everything! There is a confidentiality agreement in place, that is correct and I said in my first post about the takeover that due to that same agreement the details that I receive are minimal but nevertheless true!

At the end of the day every Tom, Dick and Harry can claim to be in the know...I just post what I am told whether it is good news or bad because I bleed white, yellow and blue and know that everyone wants to know the truth!

As I said the SALE is still a few weeks off...so the positive of a full takeover is still there! MOT!!

Youngie!

Correct me if im wrong, but hasn't it been stated on here a few weeks back that youngie has inside info, even by the Eds, so it might be wise to listen to him.

StokieWhite {Ed013's Note - Correct}

27 Jul 2012 14:18:57
I have heard warnock is trying to bring in both beckford and peltier for a combined fee of 1.5-2m. huddersfield have dropped out of race to sign peltier and beckford has told n. pearson if leeds come knocking he wants to go

ginnaleeds MOT

If thats true then ill be one happy leeds fan, i think beckfords just what we need back to get us up

Beckford...
He cost The Foxes £3Mil I can see us getting hum for that.

Also his wage is around 30k ( not 40K )
so if he joins his wage will half.

Can't see him coming but would love to see him back.....

Come on NW - lets get moving and bring Beckford back home. Badly need a big signing and proven goalscorer!

Would be great to get both. Beckford knows he was happiest at Leeds and should take up the offer, come on Warnock get the deals done

He's on 25k and you would proably neebmd around 3.5 million for them both

He is on more than £25k a week. This is fact
Rob MOT

27 Jul 2012 14:43:26
Ed this isn't a rumour but more of a theory...

I've been thinking the takeover might be complete and NW has access to funds, and the announcement just delayed until after he signs all the players he wants.

Possible reason for this is to prevent teams inflating their prices because they know we have new owners....

Prime examples of this are Man City and Leciester paying over the odds for players.

What does everyone think?

Most of our signings are frees, but a good theory anyway

I was chartting to one of Revies ex legend players today and he says Bates wants 60m for the sale of the club.

I think you have hit the nail on the head!

Would make perfect sense, think of the queue of agents touting their players round if the cash and takeover had been announced, god forbid we might not have got Andy Gray :)

Spot on...It makes sense. When the takeover goes through the real money will be spent next summer...Ready for the Premier league...MOT

Very plausible however I believe (as you state that the takeover / investment may have already gone through. I believe the reason we won't see funds this year is that Warnock is only Likely to be here for 1 season (the last hurrah he mentioned) it would make no sense for to build his squad (not far off done) then give him a load of cash. Summary Warnock gets us promoted to PL calls time on management & new manager gets investment funds to keep us PL .... I rest my case Dan Flan Chester White

27 Jul 2012 13:34:05
Accoring to YEP Warnock has stated that Luke Varney (yes Luke Varney) will be Robert Snodgrass' replacement. Sell a star player and replace him with a second rate player. Sound Familiar?

StevenLufc

Give varney a chance before you dismiss whether or not he can 'fill' Snoddy's boots.

How many goals did varney get in championship last year before injury 6 in 8.

How many goals did he score in premiership 6 better than Torres he scored 7 in 46 games. Now we know he is no Torres but Snodgrass scored 6 in the championship and 13 last season hardly amazing for a so called amazing player. Wait and seewhst happens we have three weeks yet

Warnock knows what he is doing,how often have you seen Varney play?

Cripes, I hope that isn't true! And here we were, dreaming of swoops for Boyd, Templeton et al! Hmm, maybe that means the dosh is going to go on at least one, maybe two, marquee-level strikers. Here's hoping for the one or the other! Chapel A

Is Varney second rate, surely you meant third! We are selling our prized assets and replacing them with free transfers. I cannot understand how other supporters are getting excited about all these players coming from Portsmouth with the excepting of Pearce, after all Portsmouth were relegated last year. We should at least be looking at bringing in some young hungry talent from League 1 and looking to the future.

Give Varney a chance, Snodgrass wasn't so fantastic last season

Snodgrass was a second rate player according everyone on here once he left

What warnock means is that varney will play snoddys position .the money which we receive for snoddy will go to a 20 goal striker which will cost more than a winger , varney is good enough to play out wide and probably is his best position . don't panic warnock will bring in 2 class strikers before the season starts .everyone seems to think that because we sold a winger for 3 mil we need to go and spend a fortune on a winger . no need we have wingers

Varney had a cracking season in the Prem for Blackpool so see if Snoddy does the same. Varney wants to play for Leeds so give him a chance before slating him

Remember Pompey were deducted 10 pts and we know from experience how a team can drop shoulders under the weight of financial worries

White teeth

To all those thinking that Varney will play as a winger are misguided. It was well stated that Warnock was going to play Snodgrass just behind the strikers and where he expects Varney to play this season and even in the latest interview it states this. Too many people read headlines and not the full story.

MaltaWhite

I believe snoddy will struggle in the EPL. Good championship player but too slow at the highest level. It is a pity that he leaves when the club finally appear to be showing some sort of ambition.

Snoddy was a fantastic player for us, but could whinge when things went wrong. I wish him luck because he will be losing more than winning next year, Norwich do not have the quality needed to survive, just mercenaries who want premiership wages. Personally I think Snoddy should have stayed and took us up with NW. He could of been captain of a club where he'd of been loved, fitted in (or even around him) instead he'll be in a demoralised side in an nowhere outpost in Norfolk!

Been impressed so far

27 Jul 2012 11:55:41
Leeds are now in a better position at a chance to swoop for Peltier after the BBC reports that the asking price of £850,000 is out of Huddersfields reach.

I'm hoping now that we've won 1,000,000 from the police, we can use that at least to secure this signing. But alas, WE ARE LEEDS; and things unfortunately are never that simple with us.

MOT

Roundhay White

Keep the faith! you never know what will happen. if sg was still here we wouldnt have bought as many players as we have and probably wouldve lost white as well. NW will bring in the players we need

Warnock stated on yorkshire radio there:s 3 right backs on his radar think leicester are going to price Peltier out of a move to Leeds

We did with the money from that court battle.

It's not that he's out of Huddersfields "Reach", it's just that he's not worth any more than the £650k offered. If Leeds think he's worth more then go for it. Such a pity you don't have the backing of a rich middle eastern oil sheik to finance such a move!

We aren't getting any hard cash from the Police court case. By all accounts it is being repaid over the next season, possibly 2 by way of reduced charges for the policing that they will provide for home games.
Excroggywhite

We won't get 1mil from WYP they are skint what with govt cutbacks. Might get it back in bits or not pay for policing till its paid off

Is Peltier worth that much? That's a question -what do other punters think? Chapel A

Believe it or not,but i am a Town fan who doesn`t totally hate Leeds! But £850,000 isn`t out of our reach-i think it`s because we don`t value him that highly.All the best(apart from 2 games)next season.

27 Jul 2012 09:58:19
Peltier one of 3 right back targets
Source: official site

1 of 3 players not rbs

27 Jul 2012 06:25:12
Peltier transfer taking a while because we are working on a deal for beckford also 1.5-2m for the pair.

Agree that maybe the case but your valuation looks a little low, would suggest £750K for Peltier and £2.5M for Beckford would probably do the deal, although Beckford wahe demand would be excessive and above our norm, if we wasnt going to give it to Snodgrass as club captain Mr Beckford may well have to take a 60% pay cut.

Seriously hope not...Dont want money grabber back!

We dont spend £2.5m on players. Your head is in the clouds

26 Jul 2012 22:36:04
SPN reports Snodgrass agreed terms and is now a Norwich player.

26 Jul 2012 22:30:47
Leeds have agreed a deal to sign Portsmouth midfielder David Norris subject to a medical

Mot

26 Jul 2012 13:52:47
Leeds agree deal to sign Norris! another ex-portsmouth player... think this will help us tbh, as the lads now each other so could fit in straigh taway and start playing off each other like thye are used to. What do you think ed?

L3EDS

I thought Portsmouth got relegated last year

Yeah they could do, just like last season... when they were relegated.

Personally I think your being harsh, pompy were already struggling financially and its harder to play when administration looms as we found out ourselves!
Plus points deduction took them down and finally I think nw is picking the good ones from a relegated team.......

They only got relagated because of the 10 point deduction they conceeded less goals than us aswell

Doesnt make them bad players at all look at all the off pitch problems that affected leeds players when we were relegated.sharky lufc

Only got relegated due to points deduction. their defensive record was better than blackpools, who made the play offs. also just because a team gets relegated doesnt mean all their players are bad.

LJHS

26 Jul 2012 19:06:17
Leeds have made an enquiry for auxerre's Dennis Oliech.

Well they won't get much of a response considering he signed for a Turkish club earlier int he month

Doubt it because he moved from auxerre to kasimpasa in turkey.