Re: 2020-21 Transfer Rumours and Squad Discussions
Posted: 18 Jul 2020, 08:15
Harrison around 8m and Meslier around 5m have been widely reported. Both are no brainers! 2 more year with Bielsa they will be worth 4-6 x that money.
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BW has been fantastic... what a pity the deal was not loan to buy....etrangier wrote:Sadly, Ben White hardly will stay with Leeds. Brighton plans to offer him to Liverpool by 40 millions. I think the club should to make a big effort for Harrison, an authentic pillar on the left wing.
My bad, i probably should've specified that i was referring to Harrison.rigger wrote:MOT1964 wrote:I thought that the £8M purchase option for Harrison was common knowledge.rigger wrote:No way - I don't believe that. Why would they ?lufctrav wrote:I believe there's an £8M purchase option at the end of his loan. I'd be surprised if it wasn't finalised.etrangier wrote:Sadly, Ben White hardly will stay with Leeds. Brighton plans to offer him to Liverpool by 40 millions. I think the club should to make a big effort for Harrison, an authentic pillar on the left wing.
Where did you hear that, mate ?
Sorry, my bad - I thought it was referring to White.
Harrison is a no brainer - he's improved immensely across the two seasons.
Victor Orta was the one who spotted Ben White while he was at Newport 2 seasons ago.johnnysmiles wrote:BW has been fantastic... what a pity the deal was not loan to buy....etrangier wrote:Sadly, Ben White hardly will stay with Leeds. Brighton plans to offer him to Liverpool by 40 millions. I think the club should to make a big effort for Harrison, an authentic pillar on the left wing.
However, how much of BW's emergence is down to Bielsa and how much to the player himself?
What I mean is that there is an argument for a wiser spending of 40M....
Bielsa turned someone worth very little into a 40M player... so perhaps we're better off paying 20M for another centre half and thereby having the remaining 20m to spend elsewhere....
Beyond the obvious (getting us promoted / fantastic football etc.), perhaps the best qualities Bielsa brings to a football club is a) his eye for talent b) adding value to a football player... so let's not worry about BW leaving (there are also rumours of Liverpool signing him and loaning him back to Leeds)... after all, some of us felt the same about Pontus leaving last year...
I strongly disagree with this. I reckon it's: Philosopher 10% Psychologist 19.5% Tactician 70.5%.rigger wrote:I wouldn't say Bielsa has an eye for talent so much as a nose for a grafter, someone willing to go the extra mile to prove themselves.
If you look at some of the players he deemed surplus to requirements when he initially assessed the squad, I think you would agree that Sacko, Mowatt, Anita and - much later - Jansson are all very good players, technically.
If you'd told me Dallas, Cooper and Phillips would be absolutely instrumental to our success around that time I would've laughed.
He seems something in the human being that sets both the player and the coach apart : some kindred trait or spirit between them that lets him know that together they can improve both themselves and the club.
He's as much a psychologist as he is tactician.
... okay, maybe nowhere near as much, so let's say 10% philosopher, 20% psychologist and 70% tactician