Good Morning. It's Thursday 23rd December, and here are the latest headlines from Elland Road Huge mistake if Bielsa sacked Football pundit Frank McAvennie, claims Leeds would be making a 'huge mistake' if they sacked Marcelo Bielsa. The former Celtic and West Ham hitman believes Leeds have had no luck this season, and rubbishes the idea that over training has contributed to their injury plagued season. He went on to call Bielsa a legend, and said If there is a man to turn the ship around, it’s him! “Leeds have had absolutely no luck this season,” “Some people will argue it’s Bielsa who is getting his players injured but this hasn’t happened during his previous time at the club. “He’s been given some horrible luck and all you have to do is look at the bench against Arsenal. “It was all 15 and 16-year-olds for god’s sake. He’s never been able to play his strongest side. “I just look and I don’t see anyone who could come into Leeds and do a better job than Bielsa. “If there is a man to turn the ship around, it’s him. The man is a legend there, he has earned the chance to keep Leeds up. “I think he probably will as well, then he can walk at the end of the season. “I think sacking him would be horrible, a huge mistake.” please log in to view this image McKennie deal unlikely According to media reports, Leeds and Spurs are in a race to sign versaitile midfielder Weston McKennie. The USA International joined Italian outfit Juventus during the 2020 Summer transfer window for €18.5m, plus add ons. He's 23yo, has been 28 caps for his Country. Interestingly, McKennie shares the same agent as Adam Forshaw, which may give the Whites a slight advantage, should Juve agree to sell him. However, Football transfer guru Fabrizio Romano doesn't believe Leeds will be successful in their bid to sign the 20m rated former Shalke player:- “We had rumours about Leeds this week, and rumours about Tottenham the past week, and that is true so many clubs interested “For what I’m told, Juventus’ plan is not to sell McKennie in January now he is an important player in Juventus. “When he’s fit he is always playing with Allegri in the midfield, so I think it’s going to be complicated for any club to sign Weston McKennie, also they’re not accepting loan proposals. “For Leeds, I think it’s going to be difficult, they’re having a difficult season and Weston is fighting for important targets for Juventus.” please log in to view this image If Radrizzani is selling, will he want to splash the cash next month Leeds fans are growing intensively sceptical, that with an impending takeover on the cards (at some point in the near future), Radrizzani won't want to dig deep into the coffers during next month's transfer window. We find ourselves in the perilous position of hovering just above the drop zone, and with Newcastle reportedly bringing in nine new players, our fight for top flight survival could become even harder. Recently, Phil Hay was asked whether Leeds fans should be concerned about Radrizzani not wanting to splash the cash next month, to which 'The Athletic' journalist replied:- "Radrizzani still has 56 per cent of the club, though, and the value of the asset is hardly going to increase if Leeds go down. But you’re right to ask that question because financial injections by stakeholders can become more contentious once the minority presence in the boardroom starts to grow. You’ve seen 49ers Enterprises put in money more than once before and the higher your stake goes, the more funding is expected of you. The sense I get from the club is everyone accepts that they can’t be complacent next month". please log in to view this image Lazini not for sale Leeds have been dealt a hammer blow after being told by West Ham that Manuel Lanzini will no longer be available for transfer. The 28yo Argentine International has been in impressive form as of late, and David Moyes has made it clear that the attacking midfielder is very much part of his plans moving forward. With just over a week until the transfer window opens, Victor Orta's search for a midfielder (or two) continuous. please log in to view this image
Love the stories. Lanzini is 28yo not as mobile in midfield as he was due to a huge injury that kept him out for ages. So not really the type of player that could do Bielsaball. McKinney is anon story according to Romano the day before yesterday…. Frank Mac says the truth
Morning all I think it’s only the media talking about Bielsa being sacked. Saying that if the signs are Bielsa is calling it a day after this season and the right man was available……
Morning all. The stuff about Bielsa getting sacked is purely designed to wind up (the majority of) Leeds fans. Clickbait bullshit, you only had to listen to the fans as we were getting murdered by Arsenal to know the majority of fans back him and rightly so. Frank McAvennie take a bow, you've resisted the urge to peddle the lies for clicks.
Can anyone give an up to date injury list, would be nice to go over the Pennines with an half descent side, and take 3 points off them scouse cnuts and totally screw there chances of winning the league, happy days.
Koch and Llorente are both available and Firpo is back too so should have a proper back 4 with Koch able to play CB or DM alongside Forshaw. If Koch is DM young Hjelde is available to play left side CB as hes now fit too.
Anyone noticed how since Forshaw came back into the side we can barely get out of our own half ? He might be all shiny and new but for me he just doesn't fit unless Kalvin is in there as well. I've watched him a bit lately during his off the ball work and he's constantly killing the space where we usually play our triangles, then when he does get on the ball his usual first movement is backwards to protect possession. This means the ball goes back to the defenders and the opposition press starts again. Flatters to deceive in my opinion.
He's still better than what we have in midfield, without Phillips. Actually, he and Phillips did a great job together in the couple of game they played together.
Requested by Leeds due to covid and training ground closed. Looks like the rest of our the festive fixtures will now be called off as well.
5 positive tests among the 1st team squad and staff. Thorpe Arch closed for 2 days on advice of Public Health England.
