Good Morning, its Monday 1st July, and here are the latest headlines from Elland Road Archie bound for Spurs after late change of heart Archie Gray looks set to join Spurs after turning his back at the 11th hour, on a £75,000 a week contract with Brentford! The 18yo had already completed this medical at Brentford's state of the art Performance Centre in Hounslow and agreed personal terms, only to have changed his mind around Saturday teatime after hearing Spurs were keen to weigh in on the deal. Director of Football, Gretar Steinsson has a close working relationship with the Spurs board, having worked for them prior to him arriving at Elland Road. He may use his influence to try and cut a deal involving either Joe Rodon, Oliver Skipp, or indeed others. First team opportunities for Archie may be limited, so me may even see him back at Elland Road on loan! please log in to view this image Whites midfielder in the frame for Rennes move Leeds midfielder Glen Kamara is attracting interest from Ligue 1 outfit Rennes, according to French sporting media outlet L'Équipe. The 28yo has had a steady first season at Elland Road following his £5m move last Summer, starting 36 league games and amassing circa 3000 minutes of game time. The Whites are expected to tie up the signing of Callum O'Hara shortly, which undoubtedly would be an upgrade on the Finnish International, and could allow them to profit from the deal. Whilst Kamara provided three assists and a 'Whoscored' rating of 6.68, the former Coventry midfielder netted ten times (as well as three assists) and boasted a slightly higher ranking too. Having only scored once from midfield last season (in the league), Leeds will be hoping their midfield will contribute a lot more in their next campaign , Rennes are in desperate need of reinforcements in midfielder, having lost Nemanja Matic to Lyon and Fabian Rieder to Stuttgart. To make matters worse, it looks likely they could be losing Enzo Le Fee who is attracting interest from Roma. please log in to view this image Au revoir Cressy Charlie Cresswell is expected to complete a £3.8m transfer to Ligue 1 outfit Toulouse in the next 24 hours, a move that will hopefully kickstart his career. He joined the Whites Academy back in 2013, during a time his father, and former Leeds player (Richard) was coaching at Thorp Arch. He made his debut in 2020 in a EFL Cup clash against Hull City, during which time, we all had high hopes that the 6ft 3' centre-back would become an instrumental part of our first team. Alas, it was not meant to be! please log in to view this image
Morning all. Someone please explain to the dumb Irishman here how come we had to offload Archie before end of June to comply with the psr. July 1st now so why the hurry anymore
Either the deal with Spuds got done yesterday and not announced until today, or the Red Bull sponsorship cash, plus wages saved on all the released players and Harrison, and sale of Roca was enough to satisfy the EFL?
If the latter is correct doc then Archie’s sale is unforgivable and here I am getting emails this morning trying to flog the club training wear. Are fans stone mad to tolerate all this
The money can be used for psr as long as we can show a paper trail that negotiations and actions on the deal started on or before June 30th
Morning all. Can someone please explain to the dumb Englishman here why Cresswell is signing for Toulouse not PSG? Surely he would have had the pick of Barcelona, Madrid, Munich or wherever he wanted I mean this is a future England captain we are talking about and one of the best Centre Halves of all time
Archie is open to the move which means he wants out, simples. https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1807687389516599795?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet
Morning all I think the 49ers have revealed their hand finally obviously they couldn't do it last summer with loan chaos but now i expect them to bleed us dry..
We should start a most ridiculous rumour thread.... Here's one:- Rumours are that Patrick Bamford was threatening to tear up his contract, if Leeds sold Archie Gray to such a small team. 49ers panicked and quickly rejected Brentford’s offers. #LUFC
It is so rare that Leeds make a profit on a player that when they do, they need to take it pal. It's around 1 in 25
Morning all Some questionable decisions regarding transfers and who's face possibly fits, without knowing the whole story behind each it's hard to judge
So our much touted academy is a complete waste of time football wise. The majority don't make it at top level and are let go for a pittance or nothing. And very odd success like Archie wont be allowed play for us because were not deemed big enough a club
Not sure how open he is Doc, what with Eddie cutting ties with the club and Harry not going to sign a pro contract over it.. If stories are to believed
