It looks as though new Leeds United owners, 49ers Enterprises, are wasting no time in getting things ship shape at Elland Road.
The club’s long-suffering fans will surely be hoping for more dynamic owners than the outgoing Andrea Radrizzani.
The Italian decided to replace Jesse Marsch with Javi Gracia who, for all of his hard work and coaching nous was never the right appointment.
Why it then took the owner until four games from the end of the season to replace him with Sam Allardyce is anyone’s guess.
Perhaps Radrizzani took his eye off the ball because of business interests that he had elsewhere, but whatever the truth of the matter, the 2022/23 Premier League season won’t go down as one of Leeds’ best.
Though 49ers Enterprises have yet to appoint a director of football or a first-team manager, meaning that the squad are in limbo at this point, they have apparently made one player available for transfer already.
According to Calciomercato, both Europa Conference League final runners-up, Fiorentina, and AC Milan, have enquired about young Willy Gnonto.
Both Italian giants have been told that the purchase price is £18m, and it would seem that neither are interested in the 19-year-old at that fee.
For a player that clearly has a huge future in the game, playing in the Championship is unlikely to appeal, so a deal will surely be agreed upon in due course, allowing the player a first experience in Serie A.
Just Italian sports gossip pages planting stories from agents and such. Nothing to this at all. The lad has 4 years left on his contract and is only 19—no way Leeds are giving him away for 18mil.
18mill for a headless chicken seems good money to me .
18mill for a headless chicken seems good money to me .
Have you ever been to Elland Road…
This is what we need excessive transfer fees ( even higher for the likes of Gnonto.) The players we have to keep to ensure our future should be priced out of the market to ensure they are around for the coming season. If we loose our best players I can see another 16 year struggle plus we won’t find another Bielsa.. Don’t be as short sighted as previous years !!!
He’s staying mate unless a stupid fee if offered as you say….that is what I am told so far by people inside Thorp Arch
It may not be a choice for the club, if Gnonto asks for a move, he’ll get it.
Have you ever been to Elland Road…
Scored probably the best (and fastest) goal seen at Old Trafford in a long long time..
Ground Control to MajorTom…