Good Morning. It's Wednesday 4th September, and here are the latest headlines from Elland Road Blades 'made up' Piroe rumour as retaliation The Sheffield Utd hierarchy attempted to cause friction between Joel Piroe and the Whites by spreading the rumour that Leeds were trying to offload him as part of a deal involving Gustavo Hamer. That's the firm opinion of BBC Leeds journalist Adam Pope, who is insistent that the leak came from the Blades. Leeds have always denied the claim, but rumours such as this can cause irreparable damage to the confidence of players, especially those who aren't firing on all cylinders. Sheffield Utd are already understandably upset about losing Jaiden Bogle, so when Leeds returned several weeks later for Gustavo Hamer, all hell would have broken loose at Bramall Lane. It has been suggested since, that Chris Wilder threatened to quit if Hamer left for Leeds for £18m, prompting them to raise the bar to £22m, which was out of the question! Speaking on his 'Don't Go To Bed Yet' podcast, Popey retorted: “There’s a lot of dispute over Joel Piroe. If I’m being honest, it’s my opinion, that’s not true, from what I’ve been told. It was more done as a retaliation to disrupt. So I’m not, I’m not buying that.” please log in to view this image Phillips instrumental in Summerville exit Kalvin Phillips encouraged Crysencio Summerville to make his £26m move to West Ham, when asked for advice. Phillips 28, Leeds born and Bred, spent 12 years at Elland Road developing his skills, before breaking into the England squad in August 2020. He is one of only seventy players to have played over 200 times for the Whites. His big money move to Manchester City in 2022 broke the hearts of many die-hard Leeds fans who worshiped him. The England midfielder endured a torrid spell with the Hammers back in January, making just two stats, and completing 320 minutes of game time. It comes as a total surprise that he would give them a glowing reference, even telling Summerville that he would have no problems settling in, when perhaps the Dutchman was expecting to hear difference. Former Sunday Times, now Athletic correspondent for West Ham Roshane Thomas wrote: "Former Leeds midfielder Kalvin Phillips, who struggled during his six-month spell at West Ham, also encouraged Summerville to join when he sought his opinion. Phillips praised staff behind the scenes, the player care team and how likeable the squad is. He stressed Summerville would have no issues settling in." please log in to view this image Leeds and Cardiff to honour late 'inspiring skipper' Leeds United and Cardiff City are set to honour the late Sol Bamba when the two two sides meet in several weeks. The former defender, who tragically passed away at 39, had a significant impact during his time with both clubs. Having joined Leeds in 2015, Bamba quickly became an integral part of the Leeds side, even skippering them in place of Liam Cooper during their 15/16 campaign. He made 56 appearances and scored five goals for the Whites. Beyond his contributions on the field, Bamba's resilience was evident as he battled and defeated non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2021. Prior to his passing, Bamba was serving as the Technical Director for Adanaspor in Turkey. His legacy will be remembered as Leeds and Cardiff come together to commemorate his life and career at the Cardiff City Stadium later this month. Bluebirds’ chairman Mehmet Dalman: “Discussions are already underway to pay tribute to Sol at the Leeds game. They are willing and happy to go along with us. There are preparations taking place for this.” please log in to view this image
Morning all Fair play to Sheff U - Mental attitude plays a huge part in football, they got a chance to try and unsettle us and took it. Up to us now and maybe Piroe to get revenge when we meet them
Agreed and fair play to Leicester for playing the off field game properly. It's now evident that the psr thing is virtually irrelevant as the points deductions, if any, are laughable. Also fairly obvious some owners conveniently use it as a smokescreen for lack of investment in playing squad
Leeds gambling on being right up there in January and maybe bring in some more if needed. But if it does not work then what do the 49ers do.
Free agents. Anyone worth a punt? DEFENDERS John Egan (last club: Sheffield United) Reggie Cannon (last club: QPR) Liam Cooper (last club: Leeds) Dan Potts (last club: Luton) Cyrus Christie (last club: Hull City) Osman Kakay (last club: QPR) Ciaran Clark (last club: Stoke) Erik Pieters (last club: West Brom) Martin Kelly (last club: West Brom) Daniel Ayala (last club: Rotherham) Matt Penney (last club: Ipswich) Paul Dummett (last club: Newcastle) Nathan Ferguson (last club: Crystal Palace) Ryan Fredericks (last club: AFC Bournemouth) Brandon Williams (last club: Man United) James Tomkins (last club: Crystal Palace) MIDFIELDERS John Fleck (last club: Blackburn) Jack Cork (last club: Burnley) Josh Onomah (last club: PNE) Matty James (last club: Bristol City) Adam Reach (last club: West Brom) Fred Onyedinma (last club: Luton) Romaine Sawyers (last club: Cardiff) Joe Morrell (last club: Portsmouth) Jake Livermore (last club: Watford) Louie Watson (last club: Luton) Corry Evans (last club: Sunderland) Marcus Browne (last club: Oxford United) Ovie Ejaria (last club: Reading) Jeff Hendrick (last club: Newcastle) Emiliano Marcondes (last club: Bournemouth) FORWARDS Admiral Muskwe (last club: Luton) Dwight Gayle (last club: Derby) Sheyi Ojo (last club: Cardiff) Aaron Connolly (last club: Hull City) Scott Hogan (last club: Birmingham) Freddie Ladapo (last club: Ipswich)
The premier League have really shown the world how idiotic and stupid they are. The football world is laughing its ass off at their screw up over Leicester. Then another couple of belters came out today. Firstly Everton do not have to pay the £4.9m legal fee for their case defending against points deductions. A tribunal ruled against so the prem will be paying. Then in the world of loopholes it also came out that the so called massive case against Man City (was it 150 charges) most of those so called charges were for Mancini when he was manager and revolved around his contract. Well the rule on managers contracts was changed after Mancini signed his contract so the new rules don’t apply. The premier league is run by buffoons who make MPs look good. Think this is a game the prem wish they had never started against City who it must be remembered that EUFA tried to sanction City years ago and they were made to look stupid so cant see the premier league winning that war….football is run by failed businessmen or failed politicians. EFL is just as bad and don’t get me started on the FA you only have to think back to the FA asking Ken Bates to build the new Wembley stadium because of his success at Chelsea ffs. Ever wonder why the budget overrun was so big and he had to get Westfield to take over. Wembley still hasn’t paid for itself yet, well done FA oh and Ken who still lives in Monaco
