Good Morning. It's Thursday 1st August, and here are the latest headlines from Elland Road Leeds agree £30m structured deal for Summerville Crysencio Summerville will sign a five year contract at the London Stadium later today, after West Ham and Leeds finally struck a structured £30m deal for the flying Dutchman. They reached a compromise at around 4pm yesterday afternoon after nearly two weeks of negotiations. Leeds wanted £40m, whilst the Hammers refused to budge from their initial offer, half what Leeds were asking for! Cree was kept out of the Leeds side that battered Shalke on Saturday, as both sides were finally making progress. West Ham will pay an initial £25m, plus an extra £5m made up of very basic odd-ons. Whilst many will rightly challenge the fee, Leeds have a shopping lost of three players that they don't want to lose out on. We can expect to see signings this week! It brings an end to his four year tenure, during which time the 22yo has grown massively in both ability and temperament. There were times when we thought he wasn't going to make it at Elland Road, but he found his footing under Daniel Farke, excelling as an inverted left winger! please log in to view this image Will it be Sara? With Summerville East London bound, fans will undoubtable demand a significant replacement to come through the doors of Elland Road; could it be Gabriel Sara? The Brazilian will be on many fans wish lists, but would he go to Leeds? Europa League winners Atalanta have been strongly linked, but several reports indicate, he wants to stay in England. Closer to home, Crystal Palace and Leicester City have been monitoring the situation. He joined Norwich in July 2022 from São Paulo. According to Transfermarkt, his market value is €18m. In the 2023/24 season, Gabriel Sara played 46 matches, scored 13 goals, and provided 12 assists. Top flight outfits Crystal Palace and Leicester City have also been linked. please log in to view this image Surely Leeds must go after Millar News of Hull City's bid to sign Basel winger Liam Millar may have been an instrumental factor why Leeds have accepted West Ham's deflated offer for Crysencio Summerville. The Canadian International winger caught the attention of many Championship outfits with his displays, whilst on loan with Preston last season. He is in the final year of his contract, and keen to return to England. Hull tabled a bid of around £2.3m towards the end of last week, but since then, speculation surrounding the 24yo has gone eerily quiet. Millar's ability to influence games with his goal contributions and attacking prowess makes him an attractive prospect for the Whites, and could prove to be the bargain of the season! please log in to view this image
Sara strikes me as a like for rutter rather than Summerville. Talented lad but It’s jimmy’s goals we’ll need to replace. Millar I’ve only seen when he caused us real problems. Seemed a handful but I’d have to reserve judgement based on the ‘played well against us so he must be good’ maxim that seldom works out Hey all paper talk. We all know it’s Ryan Kent.
If the deal goes through I believe £25m is all up front payment which is a massive bonus rather than having the fee spread over a number of years. There is also a staged payment taking the fee up to between £30-£35m. Not bad for a kid we spent £1m on and blows profit and sustainability out of the water
If it is Ryan Kent it would end the longest transfer chase in history spanning five managers and two sporting directors
If Ryan Kent is the answer, I don't want to know the question. I sincerely hope the 3 alleged players we are after are much better than what we've been linked with. Sara will cost £15m plus add ons at least, so it wouldn't leave much to spend on the others. As Milky says, not a direct replacement either. Millar £2.3m tells you all you need to know. Think I'd rather sign a LB and move Firpo to L W
As you rightly alluded to earlier, you don’t sell a £30 million player and replace him with a 3 million pound player and claim it’s an upgrade.
Who is the £3 million pound player that has replaced Summerville and who is claiming it is an upgrade?
