villa4europe Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 If he does go to Leeds as much as it will be made out that its a huge coup for them and its massive club Leeds back in the big time the reality will be that his agent spoke to half of Europe first and they said no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, villa4europe said: If he does go to Leeds as much as it will be made out that its a huge coup for them and its massive club Leeds back in the big time the reality will be that his agent spoke to half of Europe first and they said no That's probably down to wages and age. That doesn't mean he isn't still a good striker. Edited July 25, 2020 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) He’s quite injury prone too isn’t he? I’d be tempted for something like £15m all in 1 year deal plus another year option for the club. I doubt he’d take it but he could get you through that first difficult season it would be good business. Could pay him £10m upfront and £100k a week. Edited July 25, 2020 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Bielsa will be a pull for quite a few south American players, young and old. He is highly regarded over there. Doesn't mean those players will work out or that Leeds will be able to bring them in anyway. But having a Bielsa as managers opens up a market that otherwise would not be available to a club like Leeds in it's current state. Will be an interesting window for their fans. They'll be used by papers and agents to promote players and generate clicks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Genie said: You can’t really compare, strikers that almost never score are a waste of money regardless of how much they get paid. Cavani could easily score more goals in 2 years than Wes and Ally combined in 5 He could also easily become another Shevchenko or Morientes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Being strongly linked with eze from QPR. He looks like a real talent. Im hoping if we stay up we make a offer. Him and luiz in cm with a fit mcginn would be really exciting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 If Bielsa gets Eze into that system and putting in the hard running everyone at Leeds does he'll be an unbelievable player. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Think Eze will stay in London. Palace want him and were rumours West Ham were also looking and Bowen has been a decent success for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 RE: Leeds & Cavani, I'd much rather be spending money on another Wesley type signing (e.g. young with potential) than giving a 33 y/o close to £100k (or more) a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Cavani is a "free" transfer which obviously will include a signing fee and agent fee. Those will be pretty massive no doubt. And I imagine Cavani will ask closer to £300K/w than £100k. Can't see Leeds paying that much for someone who's been injured almost the whole season. He's still a fantastic #9 and if fit I'm certain he'd get 15-20 even for a lower half team but it's too big a risk I imagine. Would be spectacular if they got him thou, as big a coup as them getting Bielsa in the Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Only think I'd say for Cavani signing is it will make other players sit up and take notice that Leeds are on the up again and worth considering. Reminds me of when Chelsea signed Gullit who was about 34 but he started the invasion of good serie A players to Chelsea in mid 90s, Zola himself was 30. Spurs signed Van Der Vaart when he was 29 I think. It seems we never get those signings right at all when you think how ineffective Ginola, Pires and Danny f***ing Drinkwater have all been playing for us. Luc Nilis wouldn't been good but for the terrible injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 1 minute ago, VillaChris said: Only think I'd say for Cavani signing is it will make other players sit up and take notice that Leeds are on the up again and worth considering. Reminds me of when Chelsea signed Gullit who was about 34 but he started the invasion of good serie A players to Chelsea in mid 90s, Zola himself was 30. Spurs signed Van Der Vaart when he was 29 I think. It seems we never get those signings right at all when you think how ineffective Ginola, Pires and Danny f***ing Drinkwater have all been playing for us. Luc Nilis wouldn't been good but for the terrible injury. Luc Nilis would have been one of our best signings ever had he not gotten injured. That I'm sure of. Even at 33 he was amazing. Stupendous player. One of my all time favorite players. Oh what could have been. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 1 hour ago, sne said: Cavani is a "free" transfer which obviously will include a signing fee and agent fee. Those will be pretty massive no doubt. And I imagine Cavani will ask closer to £300K/w than £100k. Can't see Leeds paying that much for someone who's been injured almost the whole season. He's still a fantastic #9 and if fit I'm certain he'd get 15-20 even for a lower half team but it's too big a risk I imagine. Would be spectacular if they got him thou, as big a coup as them getting Bielsa in the Championship. I suggested £10m signing fee plus £100k/w, same overall as £300k/w but doesn’t destroy the wage structure at the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Villaphan04 said: RE: Leeds & Cavani, I'd much rather be spending money on another Wesley type signing (e.g. young with potential) than giving a 33 y/o close to £100k (or more) a week. It’s all good to have players like that (Wesley type) IF you’ve got someone scoring the goals already as your number 1 striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 1 minute ago, Genie said: I suggested £10m signing fee plus £100k/w, same overall as £300k/w but doesn’t destroy the wage structure at the club. Sure, throw in a few performance bonuses and what not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 We'd lose a shed load of money on Wesley so there's no guarentee with signing players under 25 either. Bad long term injury and we overpay for him by a good 10m in first place aswell. We signed Darren Bent when he was 26 on big wages so he cost us over 30m while he was here yet we gave him a free contract at the end. McCormack another example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 8 hours ago, villalad21 said: Linked to Cavani. That's the sort of players that is available if you've got a high profile coach. "Linked" being the key word. And in any case he's 33 and will demand MASSIVE wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Interesting was listening to an interview the other day with ex Villa player Neil Cox. He said when Boro signed Ravanelli it ruined the squad morale as he only cared for himself amd his goal record compared Juninho and Emerson Could see Cavani doing the same, not even sure he speaks English and he has been in Uruguay the last few months. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 2 hours ago, VillaChris said: We signed Darren Bent when he was 26 on big wages so he cost us over 30m while he was here yet we gave him a free contract at the end. McCormack another example. Bent was a panic but to avoid relegation, and he scored the goals to keep us up. From that point of view he did what we wanted from him. The problem was we didn’t push on from survival, and eventually dropped. I hope 1) we survive tomorrow and then 2) we push on and get away from the trap door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, Genie said: Bent was a panic but to avoid relegation, and he scored the goals to keep us up. From that point of view he did what we wanted from him. The problem was we didn’t push on from survival, and eventually dropped. I hope 1) we survive tomorrow and then 2) we push on and get away from the trap door. Mid table has to be the objective next season if we stay up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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