allani Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Tomaszk said: Quite like Harrison. Shows the state of our business when he'd be an improvement for us. He wouldn't be. That's why we aren't signing him. He'd be behind both Ramsey and Buendia when they are fit. As a season long loan he would have provided cover - along with Coutinho. But he was never going to be signed to improve our preferred starting eleven. With a fit Buendia and Ramsey he wouldn't even get into the match day squad. Complaining that our business is poor because he'd be our third or fourth pick in that position is just weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Harrison wouldn't even be a guaranteed starter at Leeds as it stands, if all their players are fit, Gnonto, Summerville, and Sinisterra, are all either better than him or have much bigger potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allani Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 1 hour ago, El-Reacho said: Loans for Harrison and zaniolo means we’re surely maxed out with FFP. How Chelsea are able to spend like they’ve done since Boehly arrived whilst we’re doing loan deals is definitely not financial fair play. Harrison would be third or fourth choice in the position he plays IF everyone was fit. Spending £20m on him when he'd be behind Ramsey, Emi and possibly Coutinho would be crazy. A season long loan makes sense - it would also have meant we could check on how well Emi recovers before deciding whether or not to sign someone else in that position. I wouldn't be surprised if we do bring in someone on loan in that position anyway - unless we sign someone who can offer options across one or two other roles (i.e. a LW who could play as a 10). Zaniolo on loan is also a smart move as we can (hopefully) assess him over a full season and decide whether it's worth signing permanently. There's an element of risk to signing him and so we're trying to cover both bases. Irrespective of FFP - they seem like sensible approaches rather than anything more sinister. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 13, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 13, 2023 Doesn’t sound like this is happening but I’m surprised by the negative reaction. He’s a good player. he’s better than Bailey for a start. He tore us a new arsehole at Elland road not so long ago 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Too bad, I think he would have been a great signing, quality player and just what we need at the moment. I hope it wasn't the 2-3 weeks out injury but that we have someone even better lined up that made us walk away (if we were ever in, or if it only was agent bs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 I seriously doubt that the club didn't know about his injury it wasn't some unknown thing, it was public knowledge, I posted about it on here a few weeks back and how Leeds fans were hoping no clubs would bid for him because of said injury, not only that but he hasn't been involved in last three Leeds games because of injury, if we were trying to sign a player, I think we would have noticed that they missed the last three games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishywashy Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 According to what El Bobble said on Twitter Spaces, Villa obviously knew that he was injured but late on had reason to believe (no idea how) that it was worse than anticipated/publicised (2-3 months out), and it was at that point we backed away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 5 hours ago, mikeyp102 said: You don’t rate the business we have done? Bailey, Traore, Coutinho. £60m in fees and over £55m in wages. Appalling. Excessive. Careless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OutByEaster? Posted August 13, 2023 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted August 13, 2023 I went to work today, and it would appear that while I was out, we suddenly became interested in Jack Harrison, who is both brilliant and crap; he then signed for Everton, before joining us, then signing for Everton again. Is that about right? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Tomaszk said: Bailey, Traore, Coutinho. £60m in fees and over £55m in wages. Appalling. Excessive. Careless. They were under different regimes. One was even an ego trip signing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 7 hours ago, Farlz said: Fabrizio claimed the deal was done and then backtracked and came out with we didn't know he was injured. That is nonsense. He just tries to get the very first scoop and then looks like a clown. Nothing to do with hatred, not from me anyway. I respect his hustle, he's built up a huge following so fair enough but he looks like a fool here. The guy is a clown and is in the pocket of certain clubs trying to create a moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 8 minutes ago, Zatman said: They were under different regimes. One was even an ego trip signing Deano signing Traore? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy54 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 So Harrison to score against us on Sunday...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dillon66 Posted August 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2023 3 minutes ago, delboy54 said: So Harrison to score against us on Sunday...... ...only if it deflects off his crutches.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 7 hours ago, Zatman said: The guy is a clown and is in the pocket of certain clubs trying to create a moment Which explains how he is suddenly getting all these exclusives about the Saudi teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 10 hours ago, Tomaszk said: Bailey, Traore, Coutinho. £60m in fees and over £55m in wages. Appalling. Excessive. Careless. To be fair I'd say at the time I didn't think that about any of them. Bailey looked a quality player and if he didn't have a foot like mjolnir for that goal on his debut injuring himself, he could have really kicked on. He never quite seemed fit under Dean Smith and then the two subsequent managers don't play formations that suit his strengths. Traore was a good signing for where we were I think. He still looks a good player to me. Scored goals to get us into Europe after he was thrown out of training months before and shipped off to Turkey. Can't question his professionalism and what he's contributed. Coutinho in hindsight fully agree but at the time I thought he'd done enough in the 4/5 months we had him to get a permanent deal done, and then we got him at cut price with massively reduced wages from his Barca days so it all looked like great business. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Signed for Everton. Close thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Just now, Steero113 said: Signed for Everton. Close thread. Hours ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 1 minute ago, Kiwivillan said: Hours ago Everton official account confirmed it 13 mins ago. But yeah, "hours". 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 2 minutes ago, Steero113 said: Everton official account confirmed it 13 mins ago. But yeah, "hours". Read it was done deal hours ago. Official statement lagging behind. Romano must be getting close to black listed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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