If you have read something in my post that wasn't intended you have been reading too many spy novels.
Leeds United have agreed to sign Pontardawe Town goalkeeper Matthew Turner, it has been confirmed. The Welsh League club’s academy Twitter account has revealed that the shot-stopper, 16, will head to Elland Road in June. Pontardawe Academy@pontyacademyfc Our U16 goalkeeper who will be leaving us in June for an amazing and fully deserved opportunity with @LUFC. Good luck! https://twitter.com/topcatchgk/status/965907033848532992 … Turner was pictured training with the Leeds youth team when they were at the Aspire training academy in Qatar last week. please log in to view this image (Not to be confused with Thorp Arch) please log in to view this image TopCatch Goalkeeping@TopCatchGK Matthew Turner with Leeds United in Qatar at Aspire Training Academy. #TopCatchGK He appears to have impressed the coaching staff of the Championship giants and a deal has now been secured for him to transfer from Pontardawe Town, who are a Welsh League club playing in Division Two.
Victor Orta has admitted that it will be “very difficult” for Leeds United to keep Samuel Saiz and Pontus Jansson next season if they both push to leave the club. United director of football Orta made the startling admission as he responded to fears among supporters about the long-term futures of the team’s star pair. Speaking to an online Leeds Q&A forum uploaded on to the club’s app, and as cited by Yorkshire Evening Post correspondent Phil Hay, the Spaniard says the club have a degree of power as playmaker Saiz and centre-back Jansson have both signed long-term contracts in the last 12 months. Orta explained United are “really keen” to hang on to the star duo but admitted that, like, Chris Wood, if they want to quit, it is “very difficult” to hang on to them.
Andrea Radrizzani said that it was Rob Green’s choice to leave the club over the summer, but some Leeds fans still aren’t happy with the deal. The Leeds owner was talking in a live Q&A on the LUTV app on Monday lunchtime and the first question was a very direct, “Who got rid of Rob Green?” He said that Green had wanted a guarantee that he would be the Leeds number one and after that didn’t happen he took a move to Premier League Huddersfield. Phil Hay@PhilHayYEP Radrizzani on 'who got rid of Rob Green' last summer - said Leeds were happy to keep him but Green wanted a guarantee to play as number one. "He preferred have his chance to move out. In the end he didn't get many minutes where he went." please log in to view this image Simon O'Rourke@simon_orourke then they were right to let him go. Given our history with goalkeepers (including Green), guaranteeing any of them #1 would be utterly daft. please log in to view this image Simon O'Rourke@simon_orourke Replying to @PhilHayYEP then they were right to let him go. Given our history with goalkeepers (including Green), guaranteeing any of them #1 would be utterly daft. please log in to view this image Leo@DirtyLeedsLeo He was immense last year. One of the best in the division. Easy to say with hindsight but imagine not being able to guarantee him a place because of Felix Wieldwald. Mistake #1 Phil Hay@PhilHayYEP Radrizzani on 'who got rid of Rob Green' last summer - said Leeds were happy to keep him but Green wanted a guarantee to play as number one. "He preferred have his chance to move out. In the end he didn't get many minutes where he went." please log in to view this image Tom Burrow@TomBurrow_ Rob greem should have been guarenteed no 1 thats the point they are missing!!! Phil Hay@PhilHayYEP Radrizzani on 'who got rid of Rob Green' last summer - said Leeds were happy to keep him but Green wanted a guarantee to play as number one. "He preferred have his chance to move out. In the end he didn't get many minutes where he went." please log in to view this image WJ@jessop_william TBF, he's miles better than Felix, so should have been number one, please log in to view this image BigRich@southeastlower Replying to @jessop_william @PhilHayYEP Hindsight is a wonderful thing please log in to view this image WJ@jessop_william Don't really think hindsight needed in this instance. After a slow start, Green proved himself to be a top Championship keeper. FW proved himself to be weak as soon as he was tested. Phil Hay@PhilHayYEP Radrizzani on 'who got rid of Rob Green' last summer - said Leeds were happy to keep him but Green wanted a guarantee to play as number one. "He preferred have his chance to move out. In the end he didn't get many minutes where he went." please log in to view this image Richard Chew@rickyachew Load of tosh. @Robert1Green knew that he wouldn't be No1 at Town but would get more money. Cant blame him to be honest. Phil Hay@PhilHayYEP Radrizzani on 'who got rid of Rob Green' last summer - said Leeds were happy to keep him but Green wanted a guarantee to play as number one. "He preferred have his chance to move out. In the end he didn't get many minutes where he went." please log in to view this image Steve Fowler@steve_lufc83 No player should ever have a guaranteed spot, they become complacent and sloppy and shows a lack of confidence in your own ability when competing for your place Phil Hay@PhilHayYEP Radrizzani on 'who got rid of Rob Green' last summer - said Leeds were happy to keep him but Green wanted a guarantee to play as number one. "He preferred have his chance to move out. In the end he didn't get many minutes where he went." please log in to view this image David Wainwright@dayvid58 Would have been better to keep him as No 1 Phil Hay@PhilHayYEP Radrizzani on 'who got rid of Rob Green' last summer - said Leeds were happy to keep him but Green wanted a guarantee to play as number one. "He preferred have his chance to move out. In the end he didn't get many minutes where he went." please log in to view this image #del wright@delwright21 Would of been our no1 right now,we would have more pts as Felix has made some horrendous mistakes costing pts Phil Hay@PhilHayYEP Radrizzani on 'who got rid of Rob Green' last summer - said Leeds were happy to keep him but Green wanted a guarantee to play as number one. "He preferred have his chance to move out. In the end he didn't get many minutes where he went." please log in to view this image Russ@russcausier Should have guaranteed him it then!!after his season he earned it Phil Hay@PhilHayYEP Radrizzani on 'who got rid of Rob Green' last summer - said Leeds were happy to keep him but Green wanted a guarantee to play as number one. "He preferred have his chance to move out. In the end he didn't get many minutes where he went." please log in to view this image FollowLeeds@followleeds Always find this odd. Nobody gets guarantee to be first choice. However bringing in FW clearly meant he wasnt going to be
Former Leeds United captain and accomplice jailed for bogus scheme Former Leeds United captain Mark Aizlewood has been jailed for six years for running a bogus leadership scheme. please log in to view this image Paul Sugrue (left) and former Wales international Mark Aizlewood. Credit: Press Association The 58-year-old, along with Paul Sugrue, 56 - whose past clubs include Manchester City, Middlesbrough and Cardiff City - obtained £5 million from schools and colleges through a bogus sports leadership scheme. Sugrue was sentenced to seven years in prison. Judge David Tomlinson said: "There was a serious detrimental affect on colleges of further education." He said it involved "eye watering sums of Government money" under the pretext of helping disadvantaged people, adding: "This was quite simply shameful exploitation." Aizlewood played for Leeds between 1987 and 1989.
Brentford boss Dean Smith is furious at the officials for allowing Cooper's goal which was apparently offside!!! “At times today, the officials could have come off the pitch and the game could have been refereed by the Elland Road crowd,” he said. “You need big decisions to go your way when you come here and unfortunately, we didn’t get them. “On our second-half performance we didn’t deserve to win anything but we didn’t deserve to lose the game. “To lose it on a decision which was offside was tough to take. “It wasn’t one for the purists, although, saying that, we were dominant for 30 minutes. We had a lot of the ball and had a couple of chances. “The game was changed on a goal that has been proven to be offside. “Second half, we were poor on the ball. We didn’t move it well enough and didn’t get behind them. “I don’t think we ran out of steam. We over-hit stuff and our decision making was poor. “It was a poor second half of football.” Smith’s thoughts were echoed by captain John Egan, who admitted the Bees lost momentum in the second half. "I think in the first half, especially after the first three or four minutes, we started to dominate," he said.
Worse fears coming to fruition Rad's bought Leeds U as a shop window to sell on players. What's the bet Orta's on commission
Former Swansea City boss Garry Monk took advice from Ryan Jones and other Welsh rugby stars after being sacked by Middlesbrough. The ex-Swans centre-back, who has also managed Leeds United but is now out of a job, revealed he also spoke to snooker players, tennis players and visited clubs in other sports to help refine his style ahead of a return to management. He was touted for an unlikely Swansea return after Paul Clement's sacking, then linked with the Barnsley role after Paul Heckingbottom departed for Leeds. Bookmakers now have him in contention to take over at either Birmingham or West Brom should under-fire managers Steve Cotterill or Alan Pardew receive their marching orders. Monk, in an interview with Sports Keed a, revealed the impact of his sacking by Boro and what he's done since leaving Teesside. "When you first leave a club, you cry for about two weeks," he said. "When I left Middlesbrough, the first thing I did was review the process. "I discuss it with my staff, sit with them and discuss everything from on the pitch to what happened off the pitch. What went well, what didn't go well and we refine it. It's about using the time to meet other people, other clubs, other sports, other businesses and develop new ideas for yourself." Monk declared himself ready for a return to the dugout and will surely be in contention should be job in the top two tiers of English football become available. "I am ready to go back in and ready to start working," he added. "I am waiting for the right opportunity, I am ready to go and when the opportunity comes, I will take it. "I spoke to some rugby people, I went to see how their sport worked. I became friends with some Welsh internationals like Ryan Jones who is an ex-captain. I spoke to him to get an insight into their team. "I spoke to some snooker players, it's a totally different sport but from a psychological point of view, I wanted to learn about concentration. I spoke to some tennis coaches who train individuals, that was for a physical point of view. I also spoke to business people to understand how the structure works." Monk also revealed the difficulties in coaching players and how to handle different personalities. He spoke about an unnamed Swansea player who would "become nasty" when his form dropped. "I often pick players more on the human side," he said. "How they are as a person and how they conduct themselves. "I had a player at Swansea, he had all the ability in the world, a good player - he'd be brilliant for two months then fall off the face of the earth, become nasty and disrupt training, his form would drop.
He's only not guaranteeing they will be there next Summer. 20m for Suiz, and if the money is guaranteed to be reinvested to get 3 or 4 quality players? Flint 6m Ings 9m 5m on other two
When was the last time the money fully reinvested? We are a breeding farm for talent. The soul of the club has been ripped out by every owner since 2002.
Last count, hadn't our youngsters won 6 games on the trot? Aren't we moving in the right direction? 5 years ago, we had no scouts! We had no analysts. There was talk of our youngsters getting disbanded. We now have two feeder clubs abroad. We now own Elland Road.
