Good Morning Everyone According to Zona Amarilla in Spain (so it must be true), Leeds have stepped up their bid to sign Barcelona forward Rafa Mujica after interest from Segunda Division Las Palmas. Mujica, 20, is a forward. He netted seven goals in 33 games for Barcelona B last term. His contract runs out on Sunday, so really, its a no brainer! Jack Clarke has started liking any article on social media linking him to a move to Spurs!!! Cue the social media bully boys to start lambasting the 18yo. It probably doesn't help that many Leeds fans have been more concerned about getting a big transfer fee, than trying to keep the York born winger, talking openly on social media. Needless to say, Clarke would have read some of these comments! He passed his medical yesterday in North London, and has agreed a lucrative deal! Good luck to the lad, unfortunately, we need the money! Derby County chairman Mel Morris says Radrizzani is still angry with him over 'Spygate'. Morris told talkSPORT: "It was one of those events you don't normally expect to see. "The guys were training, and there was someone in the bushes, it was the way it was. One of the neighbours called the Police to say someone is lurking in the bushes on the outside (of the training ground) and it all unveiled from there, really. "I think Andrea (Radrizzani) is still smarting on it. He feels we were the ones that reported it to the EFL, and my point was once the manager (Bielsa) came out and said he did it to every club there was nothing we could do about it whatsoever. At the end of the day, it became a completely different issue." "I think the world of Andrea, he is a great guy. I will always find time for him. "He is angry with me, and at some time we will have a nice meal and we will chat over it some more, but I like the guy a lot." Morris also went on to say that he believes that Leeds promotion bid collapsed when Bielsa stopped spying! Mel, Radrizzani is still angry with you??? What gave it away? I bet it was the horses head squeezed through the letter box!!! What annoys me about spygate is the untruths that were told by the Derby camp. Initial reports falsely stated:- i) Leeds spy in their camp. FALSE ii) Spy arrested. FALSE iii) Hiding in the bushes. FALSE iv) Cutting equipment with him to get through fence. FALSE These are some of the inaccuracies that were reported by Derby County!
Morning all... I listened to the chat live with Morris, it was Jim White who again brought up Spygate, White then said to Morris that stats speak for themselves, Leeds were averaging 2.1 points a game prior to Spygate and after Spygate our form dropped to 1.46 (I can’t remember the exact figure) it was Jim White instigating those comments Ell. Morris came out the interview okay, he was quite respectful of Leeds, he said Bielsa is a great coach and he is used to doing things differently abroad and he respects how Bielsa said he scouts everyone, Morris wasn’t the issue in the interview, it was Jim White From a neutral point Morris made a valid point, he said Lampard switched to Diamond for the last game against us, we were not expecting it, if we’d been watching their last couple of training sessions we’d have been prepared for it. Jim White said twitter is alight with Leeds fans asking what about the buying the ground back to post a false profit. Morris defended it with reasons about HMRC and wanting to use the ground for concerts etc, Jim White was so far up his arse he might never be seen again, Jim White then said Simon Jordan you’re frowning in the corner, Jordan replied “it’s cute” regarding the explanation Morris had just given
Morning all Rafa Mujica is mentioned in the transfer sticky above in the first post a few weeks ago. This one has been going on for a while if it happens but will be only for the U23s to see if he is capable of making the first team. Carlos Corberan, Pablo, Kiko all Spanish and plenty of Spanish speakers at the club and even Spanish players in the academy if they are kept on, unlike Hugo Diaz. Good luck to young Jack Clarke who will earn £1m per year, so not bad for an 18yo, lets hope he doesn't go the same way as Taylor & Byram etc who vanished and does what Delph and Cooke did. Think the dam wall will burst today as a couple of deals may happen now Clarke gone. Harrison is expected on Friday and Mujica early next week, plus we may even see White, so fingers crossed. As far as Derby are concerned they are cheating bastards and everyone in football knows it, and Middelsboro are taking them to court for defrauding Boro out of a play off place due to cheating the FFFP rules. They insist Derby should have had a points deduction at the same time as Birmingham. Bent chairman/owner sold the ground to himself so that the money replaced some of the losses, which were £1m every 3 weeks. Lampard compensation will also be put into last seasons accounts to fudge the numbers more, as long as Lampard goes to Chelsea before Monday
Some things to watch out for next week: I expect we will find out if Tom Pearce is deemed good enough to remain at the club and we should also find out if Nessy has a future. Both were given new contracts a year ago but were both sent out on loan. We should also find out about 2 academy kids who are now at the stage where they should have kicked on and if they will be good enough to remain. Young Coyle has been one of the best players in league 1 and has had 2 cracking seasons playing in a number of positions. I believe he will either be sold or released, Denton has actually been a failure out on loan and not sure what the problem's been. Steve Evans lauded him when he took him to Peterborough but soon dropped him and kept him out of the squad and then Evans went and the new guy ignored Denton too mostly. I reckon Denton will be released. Malik Wilkes is still only 20 and from what I hear Bielsa has him with the first team group at the moment to see if he can make it as another striker option but mainly as a winger. He played a lot of games in Doncasters front 3 so played mainly wide. He got 8 assists and scored 16 goals in all competitions, 14 in the league. Barnsley want him if Bielsa doesn't.
Morning all. There can be no doubting our form seriously dipped after spygate, pointless claiming it didnt. No idea if it was totally down to it or partly or maybe just a coincidence. Hopefully just a coincidence or Bielsa will have lost an important part of his armoury. As for Clarke, the most sickening thing for me is fans already jumping on the bandwagon claiming he wont make it in the pl and he wasnt that good for us. They come out with the same crap every season. 2019 Jack Clarke 2018 Ronaldo Viera 2017 Charlie Taylor 2016 Lewis Cook and Sam Byram All quality championship players and wed skate the autos with that lot. What have they all got in common? All sold by clueless owners
The whole spygate thing, just keeps rolling on. Frankly in my view, they’re right that you shouldn’t watch others training... though clubs should do their important stuff out of sight it’s not always practical depending on finances, facilities etc. What p*ssed me off was the xenophobic, ‘moral high ground’ crap that hypocrites like lampard were spouting. Like there are standards to uphold in English football... from someone from Chelsea! Jim white is just a typical gutter journalist/presenter. Controversy sells, loud opinions generate responses. He’s squeezed every last effin drop out of this.
Good Morning to Matt Doc and co from a Bardsey where the sun doesn't shine! Thanks for the transfer update Doc but all I can see is loanees and freebies Where is Luke Freeman Costa and Westwood to improve thsquad
Morning Bucks, can't blame Jim White, he's a journo now! That's his job. Love Simon Jordan's remark!!!
To be honest Bucks, Fat Frank changing to a diamond didn't do much as Leeds went 1-0 up. It was only when Leeds pressed the self destruct button, that they fell apart! If Cooper had not fooooked up, and we went into the dressing room 1-0 the game in the second half would have been very different!!!
Morning Doc, you never know, we may get a couple of surprises from the u23's being ready for the first team!!!
What really annoyed me about Spygate, is why the club didn't try to defend their position as far as the lies that were told...
Morning Milky, You've got it. Controversay creates cash. Look at other talk sport presenters like Adrian Durham. He's made his career by winding people up
Young Kun is training with the first team group so I guess if we are not bringing in a new striker we will have Bamford and Roofe plus choice between Wilks, Kun and Edmondson if we think that Bielsa rates Roberts as a 10. Kun was awesome at the end of the season and has just played for Bulgaria U21 National team.
Tbf, Byram,Cook and Taylor all refused to sign extended contracts and left the club with no option, non of these or the others have done anything since their moves , other thsn Cook, greedy agents are as much to blame as the club, non of these kids are going to refuse a £20,000 per week contract, money we can't compete with. Lets not forget, fans were up in arms this time last year, with the proposed move of Tom Pearce to Everton for £8m, it never happened, now it looks like we'll be getting £500k for him.
Afternoon all i see all the new guys are training with squad. Now you may not be able to see them but rads can. Bielsa wanted them in to start training and now its not happened. So they are already a week behind if they exist. Yes we are going down the same road once more and its pathetic. Skint rads wont invest fook all. Whoo hooo harrison is coming back im so excited hes crap.
Sheraldo Becker the flying Dutch winger we were rumoured to be chasing has signed for Berlin. i will update the tranny sticky later. Clarke has a 5 year deal so basically never needs to work again at £1m per year without any graduated pay rises. One for the future say Spurs
