The #LUFC Deadline Day Breakfast Debate

Good Morning. It's Thursday 8th August, and here are the Leeds Utd deadline deals as they happen


Pearce U-Turn
In an 11th hour twist, Tom Pearce has decided to reject Barnsley and join the Latics instead. Wigan's last gasp offer, believed to be £250,000 will certainly put the Tykes noses out of joint having been monitoring Pearce's progress for weeks.

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Meslier crosses the Channel to prove he's worth it

Illan Meslier is set to join the Whites on a season long loan from French Ligue 2 outfit FC Lorient. The 6'6 shot stopper, dubbed to be the best teenage goal keeper in French Football has been capped at U18,U19 and U20 for the French national team. 19yo Meslier has attracted the attention of Chelsea and Monaco in recent times and the Brittany club have already rejected an offer of 1m for their young starlet!
At 19yo, is he ready to provide competition for the No 1 Jersey? Would you expect Leeds to have a buy on clause?

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Nketiah fails to turn up for his medical at Ashton Gate!

Eddie Nketiah failed to turn up for his medical at Ashton Gate yesterday evening fueling speculation that the 20yo is on his way to Elland Road on a year long loan from the Gunners. We heard yesterday that Victor Orta had used his close friendship with Arenal boss Unai Emery to try and influence the deal, and by failing to turn up for his medical, surely that can only mean one thing!

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D-Day on Kent deal

Will it happen or won't it? Throughout the Summer, there has been one name that has continually be linked to a move to LS11 - Ryan Kent. The highly rated 22yo who has represented England at U18 and U20 level had a great Season last term, North of the border at Ibrox. Unfortunately for Steven Gerrard, they don't have the kind of funds to secure the Oldham born starlet on a permanent basis. A fee between 7-5m - 10m would capture Kent's signature. Bielsa has been keen on Kent for some time, even postponing his flight to Australia so he could see him in action at Bradford. The Argentine wants to mould Kent into a No 10.
Unfortunately, according to reliable Leeds journo Phil Hay, Leeds will sign either Kent or Nketiah - not both. Who will it be?

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Will Inter Pair arrive before 5pm deadline

Facundo Colidio and Ryan Nolan's proposed transfer to West Yorkshire hit the stumbling blocks yesterday as Inter Milan hold out for more money for the Argentine forward. Colidio arrived from Boca Juniors in 2017 for 7m, and Antonio Conte is keen to at least recoup what they invested. Leeds on the other hand believe their valuation of 5m is sufficient.

Both Colidio and Nolan have agreed personal terms with Leeds, and whilst fees have been agreed regarding Ryan Nolan, there is still a bridge to gap regarding Colidio. Will Leeds still sign Nolan, even if the Colidio deal collapses? Perhaps the two clubs will meet in the middle?

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Morning all. It seems a no brainer to me. Colidio must be signed Whatever the cost.

 

Morning all, this is Leeds utd we are talking about so seeing is believing. I'm keeping my mouth shut until 5.00pm. Most of this sounds too good to be true but time will tell. Smell you later.

 

I'm expecting another quiet last day

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never got excited about LUFC transfer windows in a long time, has been drummed out of me over the years.

Going into the new season with just one main striker would be suicidal . CB & LB positions are vulnerable too

You never know I maybe pleasantly surprised but I won't hold my breath

 

Morning all

All week news sources have been saying the first choice is the Arsenal lad and we’re ready to move quickly on second choice Kent if it fails, it just depends when we decide it’s failed, too late and we could miss out on both.

We have the funds for both so I’m assuming Bielsa can’t accommodate both in his team?

The French keeper on loan seems strange if we have no purchase option, not sure what to make on the Inter Milan pair, we have been rumoured to have been chasing them for some time.

I think part of the problem in sourcing new players is the fact Bielsa needs them running by him and it’s not a case of yes or no, he like to watch every ounce of footage. I’m not saying it’s bad but how many times physical hours can he put in watching recordings?

I’m sure someone on Sky said Bielsa watched 240 hours of footage on White before saying yes he wanted him. When it gets to the final 3-4 days of deadline day it’s surely no use saying to Bielsa we can get a certain player if he hasn’t seen him play

 

Morning all

I dream of this every year but I hoping we pull one last min signing out of the bag I think if we don't get the kids from Inter then we might have to pull a last min signing to sure up the team.

 

Morning all,

So we're waiting on the possible signings of Facundo Colidio, Ryan Nolan, Eddie Nketiah and Ryan Kent.

I'd guess Bielsa would be happy with getting 3 of those 4. Get none of them and I doubt he'll hang around much longer.

 

Phil Hay seems to think that Eddie Nketiah is the only other signing to come through today

 

That was tweeted Wednesday morning so maybe he was referring to signings yesterday

 

Apparently we do have option to buy - but it's all Greek to me....

 

That's good.

 

It says there's an option to buy, I haven't heard that elsewhere?

 

Morning, I haven't seen this posted but driving back this morning Jim White said Nketiah is coming to Leeds.

Sorry if I missed it elsewhere

 

It's on their website - https://fclweb.fr/illan-meslier-prete-a-leeds/

(avec option d’achat) = with option to purchase

Obviously might be a cut and paste mistake or misunderstanding but at least comes from source

 

Hope everyone answers their phone by 5 o clock! It's going to the wire again!

 

Seems like this one is done barring a medical **** up - (or a chairman going rogue again.....)

 

Hay will probably tweet this in the next hour