Leeds Rumours Archive April 29 2014

 

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29 Apr 2014 17:38:40
It's reported Leeds United will sign several Cagliari players, including Victor Ibarbo, Andrea Tabanelli and Sebastian Eriksson.

The clubs are both owned by Massimo Cellino, although he has been in negotiations to sell the Serie A side to an American company.

Local fans were infuriated with what they see as Cellino abandoning the club, as they fear he'll pluck their best resources before leaving.

According to Tuttosport, those concerns are founded, as several players have been earmarked for a summer move to Elland Road.

There had already been reports of Colombian forward Ibarbo's switch, while Tabanelli was sent to Cagliari after his transfer to Leeds was considered illegal in February.

Eriksson is a 25-year-old Swedish defensive midfielder who joined the Rossoblu in 2011 from IFK Goteborg, though he spent some time at his former club on loan.

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Hope this is true, especially Ibarbo. Him n Ross upfront could be a devastating partnership!

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Let's hope this summer is as good as well all hope
I for one am very optimistic
Whether we get Ibarbo given his qualities remains to be seen

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Ibarbo and Ross will need a good midfield in order to be devastating. Erikson fits that bill. Swedish international defensive mid, he'll spray the ball about alright.

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30 Apr 2014 09:52:38
He looks about a deadly in front of goal as Ade Akinbiyi was. lol

Senior career*
Years Team Apps� (Gls)�
2008-2011 Atl�tico Nacional 102 (6)
2011- Cagliari 84 (11)

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Yeah but that's up against the likes of inter, juventus and AC, they're a bit better then the likes of Boro Millwall and Huddersfield.

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The stats I've seen say he has 46 in 90 for Cagliari. Looked decent in clips I've seen but that doesn't mean much, Luke Varney looked amazing in clips.

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29 Apr 2014 10:11:50
Leeds also linked with Rochdale striker Scott Hogan. if this is true. Hogan, Bentley, Agard. all div 2 & 1 players. mixed in with Cagliari players we've been linked with, is this the way were going?. sounds like square pegs in round holes.

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I am hoping for 4 or 5 quality signings and to be fair based on his management of Cagliari did think we would build a young team around them. I Don't expect Massimo to spend millions either and he does seem to bring players through his academy and sell them on to finance things. So I expected a similar scenario for us but Div 1 and 2 strikers not for me. Look at Naki Wells he looked on fire at Bradford but stepped up a div against championship defenders looks like a first former on his first day at big School! MOT

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Couple of players from Italy is fine by me (midfield maybe), add a couple of young quick (ideally strong types with a bit of height) from lower leagues (winger/defender types) with potential so that not much cost so far, a centre half who knows how to defend/lead ideally an older head who has been around and then spend on 1 quality player (fwd or fwd thinking advanced midfielder type), don't need to spend loads, we don't have it anyway.
Get solid CH + pace in midfield/wide another quick lean strong forward to help Ross and if we learn how to pass a bit more we then have the makings of a potential top 6 team without spending loads bearing in mind at least 9-10 -11 players will leave in summer

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Well DG I do agree to a certain extent. 2 wingers who cross a decent ball and a CH who can bring a ball out of defence with confidence, who can command a back 4. and someone who can lead from midfield.someone with vision, someone who understands the game!

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29 Apr 2014 06:47:23
Weve been linked with Rotherham winger Keiran Agard who is out of contract at the end of the season.

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Good signing that. Looks decent and on a free. 24 means no compo too

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I think at this time of the season we will be linked with every tom, dick and Harry given the circumstances of us have a rich new owner and him promising a massive clear out. Best to just wait until the deals are done and dusted before we get too carried away. I would personally hope we would be setting sights higher than players from lower divisions although I appreciate smith did well stepping up but let's look at top quality young internationals.

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I agree Martyn. We should maybe be looking for better players than this - I'm not against developing young players from other clubs, but we need to set our sights high. If we want promotion we need a team that can survive the first year in the premier league with the bulk of the championship squad still there - it's what Southampton and Crystal Palace have both done. We can't afford to get promoted and then buy a new side.

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I think these lower league players are players that BMc and his team are looking at as he is yet to meet MC and discuss transfer budget/targets.

Would be surprised if MC has any knowledge of these rumoured signings.

I don't think MC will spend huge amounts on players though and am very interested to see who the first signing will be as this will either excite or probably disappoint the majority of posters.

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I think the first signing we make will tell us a lot about how serious Massimo, s ambitions are about gaining promotion. I have a good feeling he's passionate about making us

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Tabenali will be the first signing.
There, that's out of the way. how excited are you?

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