I read that Doc and thought at last someone is talking sense BLM movement will push it that far that it will defeat itself
As mentioned yesterday on the weekend thread, the campaign against racism needed to evolve and change as the message was being lost amongst the ire and outrage some people felt about players taking the knee. Well done to QPR for showing the way forward in an exceptionally well thought out way
Now a fact that Udinese have reduced the transfer fee for De Paul as their Sporting Director said to Fabrizio Romano last night. De Paul to Leeds? As soon as they agree the €35m fee he can go. So not €40m as They demanded last week, so a big fee but a big player at £31.2m so ball back in Leeds court. If you want him hes there, if not end it and buy someone else please
I reckon we are a better unit now than sheff utd. They had a guy sent off too Egan?. Little things like losing one player can upset a side. Leeds under Bielsa have had another season to adapt to his system where every player should cover two positions. Take Dallas as an example and Pascal too. Bielsa has stated we will not keep our scoring up like first two games. This side might prove him wrong but i expect a couple of new faces in soon. We might even loan a player as we have a slot left as i understand it.
Still time to see who blinks first it's a big fee but as with them all staged payments will be in the contract. Doc ive forgotten where he plays now in the lineup. His club need the money and it's a buyers market so is Rads poker faced enough to stick it out to the last days. We need the right players at the right price. Not all new guys will get straight in the team. Geldhart surely will not be long before hes a sub.
I think it's increasingly unlikely now as the Pulgar interest is coming in. Think we might go for Pulgar, James and maybe a GK/CB just to save a bit of cash as it's also looking unlikely that we'll be getting fans back this season. They're stopping the fans back in stadium pilots so not a good sign. Let's hope Leeds do stay up so we get a chance of seeing them in the PL. Such a shame if that is going to be the case though.
According to Phil Hay Ruslan Malinovskiy is also high on the list, so surely this comes down to who Bielsa wants and yes the Atalanta player will be £15m cheaper than De Paul but this is about who Bielsa wants not how much we can save?.
If he really wanted De Paul and as we have the money do you think it'd be done already? I think it's possible that he sees a possible weakness in De Paul but maybe I'm looking into it too much.
There will deffo be no weakness in his game as he is one of the top players in his position in World football. He is £15m more expensive than any other midfielder we have looked at. There may be something in his personality, or maybe Bielsa knows him or knows someone who knows him? I think if we do want him we get him this week as personal terms already agreed. If we dont then I would say Bielsa has moved on to someone else? Maybe Bielsa doesnt think hes worth so much who can say?
