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...om Harrison:
Dimitri Conti twitrer (på italiensk)
Tomorrow Jack #Harrison will be in Florence. The negotiations between #Fiorentina and #Leeds for the winger have closed on loan with an option to buy set at 6 million euros.

Eg siterte at Woody i ettermiddag sa at han var 'hot and cold for weeks'.
Woody så det og la til:
Yep apparently we feel pretty confident in getting him too
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This window? Or in summer?
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Yep and the aim is this window
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(Woody litt senere:) My summer source barely missed. That's all I'm saying



En annen (flight Radar-mannen):
The indications I've been getting are positive. Again, not ITK, just been speaking to someone who is incredibly reliable and well connected. Fingers crossed!

Så det er ikke utelukket at JSL kan skje...

Denne er fiin

"Hi Facundo, how many goals and assists are you going to get between now and May?"

Facundo:

https://x.com/MOTweets1919/status/2011849920618094639?s=20

Dette virker spennende. Og her er ingen opsjon på kjøp altså? Bare et lån for resten av sesongen?

Jepp. Men en Chelsea-fanside skreiv at Chelsea hadde i sin lånekontrakt at de ville kunne matche ethvert kjøpsbud på ham til sommeren (noe i den dur), og det sies at Leeds har lånt ham på samme vilkår.

Men ja, gamle teammates de her to  

Bare 13 innlegg fra @Asbjørn i denne tråden i dag?

Kommer sikkert mer

[Fulham]

...om Fulham og hva Leeds må gjøre:
Fulham
Showed many good performances. Have improved a lot under Marco, many threats in the offence. Didn;t get results they deserved earlier in the season. Have now turned performances into results.

In alst five games in form table they are third. Very good football aide. We need to be well structured and take away their football skills. The have added quality into their squad that had core bones but developed their squad. Dangerous side in the top half of the table. Impressive what they have done.

[Team news]

Presseren:
Team news
Looks much better. They are all available. Bornauw back with us back in training. DJ is on the way in the rehab and not too far away from training

Når man siterer på direkten blir det litt com si com sa hva som blir sitert:
No need to be afraid of quality players. Every player with quality and character who can help us is important. We're a bit thin in terms of creative offensive players, we have changed set up a bit but have often played 3-4-3, it's not like we play with two target men. (YEP)

We have changed your set up a little bit. I would label it a rumour we have always played 3-5-2, have played more mins in 4-3-3. Doesn;t mean new signing comes in and has his position is guaranteed. Is good for the competition. (Leeds-Live)

DF: "No need to be afraid of quality players. Every player with quality and character, who can help us, is important. Bit thin in creative offensive players. Changed setup a little, but we have way more often played 3-4-3 than 5-3-2. Need players who can make things happen" #lufc (Beren Cross)

[Team news]

Presseren:
Team news
Looks much better. They are all available. Bornauw back with us back in training. DJ is on the way in the rehab and not too far away from training

Buoanotte vil styrke oss offensivt.

...og defensivt.

Han er visst en kløpper i presspillet etter det eg har lest just nu.

Og for å konkludere i de ulike formasjonene du har listet opp.
Han funker til høyre i det meste...

Det skrives at dette var hva Chelsea ble enig med Brighton om i sommer mht Buonanotte (ifølge Chelsea fan page):
"season-long loan, no obligation, no option, wages covered, circa £2million cost, and the opportunity to match any bids that may arrive next summer"

(den siste der gir i alle fall litt håp om vi ønsker ham permanent)

Woody på waccoe (som en del sikkert husker fra i sommer) måtte lære seg å holde kjeft (Leeds leitet etter lekkasjer...) er innom og nevner at noen nevnte Buanonotte for ham i forrige uke men at Woody ikke trodde på ham. Vel, spør flere, hva med Strand Larsen?
- That name blows hot and cold every week

...alderen hans (21) gjør at han ikke teller på utenlandskvote etc

Signing a player on a loan when we have little financial flexibility is a great option for us. He improves the squad, doesn't impact the 25-man squad status (presumably, he's not in Chelsea's list this year) and fills an area of the squad where we have very little depth.

This allows any money brought in from any outgoings (as well as the space in the squad) to be used improving other areas of the squad (which is still needed) during a period where we're financially hamstrung.

...Farke kommenterer jo ikke spillere som ikke er i boks.

Men vi får da oppdatert oss om skadesituasjonen.

Farke doing press 1.30pm. Buonanotte deal close, Harrison, Gray & Fulham all to be discussed. #LUFC
https://x.com/apopey/status/2011778247118250212?s=20

Smyth:
Told Buonanotte has pushed for a move to Leeds, club confident he wants to come and play minutes. And it sounds pretty close to being done (again).
https://x.com/GrahamSmyth/status/2011772661471592590?s=20

...for ordens skyld:
left footed AMC - with enough quality to play on the right wing and cut in.

174cm så ...annerledes enn andre signeringer i sommer
https://www.transfermarkt.com/facundo-buonanotte/profil/spieler/983989

Definitely Maybury legger så til:
The deal's already done, by the way. 6 months later than planned but let's get cracking.

DM fortsetter:
We had a deal agreed with him, plane on the tarmac and he no showed it to sign for Chelsea, who gazumped us at the 11th hour

Dette er jo sant, han lot oss i stikken i sommer og valgte Chelsea:
Not sure how I feel about this, if it comes off.

On the one hand, I was very excited by the prospect of getting him in the summer.

On the other, he's shown he's a thick cunt by going to blue scum thinking he'd get a game. Now he comes crawling back after realising he's wasted 6 months.

...tok ikke lang tid (se forrige post)

🚨🟡🔵 EXCLUSIVE: Leeds United reach verbal agreement to sign Facundo Buonanotte!

Chelsea to interrupt loan move from Brighton, leaving #CFC to return to #BHAFC and then join Leeds.

Move to #LUFC will be on loan until the end of the season. Here we go, soon. 🇦🇷
https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/2011766796374983142?s=20

Definitely Maybury legger så til:
The deal's already done, by the way. 6 months later than planned but let's get cracking.

...tok ikke lang tid (se forrige post)

🚨🟡🔵 EXCLUSIVE: Leeds United reach verbal agreement to sign Facundo Buonanotte!

Chelsea to interrupt loan move from Brighton, leaving #CFC to return to #BHAFC and then join Leeds.

Move to #LUFC will be on loan until the end of the season. Here we go, soon. 🇦🇷
https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/2011766796374983142?s=20

Rocco Dean, forfatter av flere Leeds-bøker (så han kan ha sine innganger i klubben):
I reckon we will get a nice surprise loan signing today 👀
@leedsthat
https://x.com/roclufc/status/2011755434793897986?s=20

Nå følger ikke jeg nøye med på U 21 og nedover men merker meg at vi ikke har så mange av disse unge lovende som banker på døra som før. føler i diverse cupkamper tidligere år så har det alltid vært noen unggutter som har spilt eller kommet inn. ser jo navn som chadwick og gray men ikke noe mere enn det og det virker litt urovekkende da jeg føler via lltid har hatt en ok pågang oppover mot A laget

PÅ mange måter har du rett - vi kjøper ikke 'ferdige talenter' som Greenwood, Gelhardt og Summerville for tiden men vi henter da unggutter som kan bli store etter hvert.

Som f.eks. den nylig omtalte afrikaneren (kan bli en ny Struijk vettu).

Og så kan det være at f.eks Cresswell ligger like bra an som broren, Chadwick, McDonald, Lienou... Det kàn være gems der.

Men det var mer ...pondus over satsingen dengang vi stadig så nye angrepskombinasjoner av Greenwood, Joffy, Summerville, Charlie Cresswell og Drameh...

Troppen nå (dette er ikke en fullstendig liste)
https://www.transfermarkt.com/leeds-united-u21/kader/verein/20116

⚪️🟡🔵 Sources confirm Leeds HAVE been offered chance to sign Jorgen Strand Larsen, with Wolves open to striker's sale.
However, a move to bring him to Elland Road is far from straightforward, with several rivals also keen.
W/t   @GraemeBailey  @TEAMtalk
https://x.com/marshyleeds/status/2011740335857418278?s=20

...siste 8 runder på så mange områder - denne er interessant:

https://x.com/danscapephoto/status/2011461895325167783?s=20

Det er fortsatt ikke noe i veien med selvtilliten til gutten:
I didn't feel like I'd gain anything else from playing youth football any more, I felt I was ready to play men's football."

Og det var han selv som pushet for et låneopphold i 'voksenfotballen':
Leeds United striker Harry Gray says he was pushing for a loan move this month and believes time at Rotherham United will be better for him than more youth football.

Rotherham skaper kanskje ikke så mange sjanser for ham, men det er mange unge spillere på laget allerede (han blir ikke engang yngstemann) og han kan nok fortsatt bo hjemme.

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-harry-gray-rotherham-united-league-one-daniel-farke-5475934

https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/harry-gray-loan-rotherham-united-33229811

Strand Larsen må da koste rundt 30 millioner, kanskje enda mer i et desperat vindu slik januar er. Det fordrer at vi enten låner ham ut sesongen med obligasjon (hvis vi holder oss i PL) eller at vi selger en del spillere for å være innafor PSR-grensen. Piroe er jo en mulighet.

Får vi inn Strand Larsen, Wilson og en stopper på lån, vil det jo være et tilnærmet perfekt vindu. Harrison og Piroe selges.

Har lite tro på det, men lov å drømme 

Perri - Rodon, Bijol, Ampadu - Bogle, Stach, Wilson, Aaronson, Gudmundsson - Strand Larsen, DCL

Offensivt lag, men kan fungere mot lag på nedre halvdel på hjemmebane, og gir oss fleksibilitet i andre formasjoner.


auren

This is from that ITK guy from Leeds rumours site. He works at the club apparently.

06 Jan 2026 20:28:34
Leeds in contact with wolves over strand Larsen, wolves in financial trouble and looking to sell, but seemingly many suitors. Monies touted around £25million. Means if this doesn't come off it does seem we may have some money to spend this window.

Loveawaydays2

Strand Larsen er nok helt i toppsjiktet av det vi kan få tak i. Hvis det skulle bli en realitet vil det være en klassesignering. Et spisspar som vil bite fra seg mot de aller fleste forsvar i Premier League. Spent.

Det sies av en på waccoe at Leeds var klar til å hente ham da vi skulle ha rykket opp i 23/24. Uten opprykk ingen overgang dengang.

Det var vel i sommer det ble rapportert at vi hadde signert en pre contract med denne karen. Vel, no kommer han:

✍️ #LUFC have agreed a deal to sign defender Leonard Ngenge from Nigerian Premier League side Ikorodu City, upon him turning 18-year-old

The 17-year-old defender is currently playing senior football in Nigeria & has spent time training at Thorp Arch

https://x.com/leedsutdacademy/status/1899199846902649112?s=20

https://x.com/kylenewbould/status/2011471264834068856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2011471264834068856%7Ctwgr%5E5a5170197e24b031fc4b095beab2d4d904e4bced%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waccoe.com%2Findex.php%3Fapp%3Dcoremodule%3Dsystemcontroller%3Dembedurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fkylenewbould%2Fstatus%2F2011471264834068856%3Fs%3D20

Leeds United are set to sign teenage defender Leonard Ngenge after reaching a pre-contract agreement ahead of his 18th birthday.

Ngenge first emerged as a potential target for Leeds last year amid reports an agreement had been reached for him to join upon turning 18. The sporting director of his former club, Ikorodu City in Nigeria, then confirmed the news in March, telling All Nigerian Soccer in March: "Ngenge has an existing deal with Leeds United, it's a pre-contract.


"By August he should be joining Leeds. He was scouted in Nigeria and then invited to Leeds for further training. He came back like two weeks ago from Leeds. That should be his second visit to Leeds. He is being signed as a player for the future; they are waiting for him to turn 18 years."

Ngenge turned 18 in September but a month prior, signed for another Nigeria Professional Football League, Remo Stars, where he has played seven games across all competitions. On Wednesday morning, the centre-back posted an Instagram story of himself in what appeared to be a Thorp Arch dressing room wearing this season's Leeds training gear and holding a pair of boots.

The YEP understands Ngenge is set to formally sign as a Leeds player with an announcement expected in the near future. It is likely the 18-year-old will join up with Scott Gardner's Under-21s squad initially as he becomes accustomed to life in England, although he has senior experience playing for Ikorodu City and Remo Stars in his native Nigeria.

The young Whites already have the likes of Jacob Howard, Reuben Lopata-White and Louis Enahoro-Marcus in central defence. Thirty-seven-year-old Jonny Howson also plays at centre-back, having joined in the summer to take on a player-coach role with the academy set up.

Strand Larsen odds been slashed to sign for us

33/1 into 2/1 with paddy power

15/8 on skybet
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Just checked and you weren't lying. Very interesting!

Joint favourites with Forest

Vi sier vi har gått fra 4-3-3 til 3-5-2 i det siste, men reversert underveis i kamper noen ganger.

I virkeligheten er det mer nyansert. Og eg skal ikkje påta meg at eg har oversikten her. Men litt av cluet med Farke i det siste er at han har justert foran hver kamp, ala bruke Rodon som høyreback. Overraske motstanderen...

Innlegg fra Russel Doig på waccoe:
You are right. We have played so many systems since Man City that it's hard to keep up with though.

We haven't played two up top since Brentford. It's generally been 3421 like Palace or Man U under Amorim play. We also used 541 at Liverpool and Newcastle and we use 4231 to get back into games when it's not going our way. 433 seems to have gone out of the window. It's probably because he doesn't have box to box midfielders at his disposal.

With 3421 they are flooding the middle of the pitch, the width comes from the wing backs when we play with them and the two behind the striker play as inverted wide players. I don't understand why so many people including journalists keep saying we are two up front and 352 when we patently aren't. Defensive shape dictates formation. Anyone with a side on elevated view of the pitch when we aren't in possession can see what the formation is.
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(forlengelse):
What is strange is that he's gone from being steadfast about his system to tailoring it to opponents, as you say. I think he just likes to flood the middle of the pitch. When he played 4231 he liked one inverted winger so that he had 4 narrow players. Same with 433. He has that with the 3421. The 352 didn't allow for that but it did create chaos for teams playing a flat back 4, especially with two big guys up front. It did leave us exposed out wide though. We saw that against Liverpool at home and Brentford and it's not been seen since. If he could find a fit and athletic version of Hamer I do wonder if he would go back to 433

Endelig

INJURY UPDATE 🏨

Dan James is set to return to first team training with Leeds United in 2 weeks time...

#LUFC
https://x.com/DanJames_SZN7/status/2010793279491883267?s=20

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