xfers....

Today

He’s handled it beautifully, same as Gnonto.


What more could he do 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Absolutely.

comment by LIW Rad a %#@% and so is Orta (U8453)
posted 3 hours, 18 minutes ago
Farke says Charlie Cresswell will not be part of his first-team plans as the defender is not “mentally ready” to play.

Farke added that if Cresswell wants to leave and a club made the right proposal from Leeds’ perspective, they would be open to talking about a move.

Cresswell, who signed a new four-year contract at Leeds in August, has made only four Championship appearances this season and just one start. The 21-year-old has played only once since August and has not seen any action at all since the first week of October.

“One of my first decisions (in the summer) was we don’t send him out on loan,” Farke said. “I want Charlie to be one of the four centre-backs. He’s a great character, he’s one of our own, a young player and a good player with potential. It’s the reason why we gave him a long contract and his wish for the shirt number.

“My decision was then that I played a lot with Joe Rodon and Pascal Struijk, and also Liam Cooper because he’s our club captain and experienced. Liam has repaid my trust whenever I needed him. It ended up with Charlie being our number four centre-back.

“You could sense that Charlie was not overly happy with this situation. Sometimes he was travelling with us and it was a little bit like he’s not really switched on and focused. We spoke openly and honestly about this and he said, ‘Listen boss, I totally appreciate everything but for me it’s difficult. I’m not happy to be centre-back number four. I want to be top two. I rate myself as a starter’.

“It makes no sense if you’re not fully committed. He’s professional, never a problem with him, but it’s not like he’s fully committed. It was more like, ‘What am I doing here? I want to start’. I totally see why but I have to make the decisions for Leeds United.”

Cresswell has struggled to make Farke’s matchday squads this season and was left out completely for Sunday’s FA Cup third-round tie at League One Peterborough.

Cresswell spent last season on loan at Millwall, with Leeds still in the Premier League, making 28 Championship appearances. The England Under-21 international was told before the January transfer window opened that Leeds didn’t want him to go, despite his lack of minutes.

Leeds have already lost two defenders this transfer window, with Djed Spence’s loan from Tottenham Hotspur cancelled and Luke Ayling departing on loan to Middlesbrough.

“The ball is in his court,” Farke added on Cresswell’s future. “Either you find a solution, if you want to play for a different club, or you come to me and tell me you’re happy to be number four, totally committed. I have to wait for my chance and work for it. If you think right now you have the right to start ahead of Joe Rodon or Pascal Struijk, it’s not possible.

“He won’t be picked until he is ready, mentally ready. I just want players who want to be there, accept their role and are fully on it.

“It’s no accusation. I totally get Charlie’s point but the ball’s in his court. One thing’s for sure — we don’t present him as a gift and wrap him and give him to a club, (if) the club doesn’t fulfill our expectations.

“Either there is a solution where a club reaches our expectations for a player full of potential, or not. Then he has to accept his role with the mindset of ‘I’m ready to fight.’ This is why I haven’t picked him in recent weeks and why I won’t pick him until the situation is sorted.

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Two weeks ago

Daniel Farke says the door has reopened for Charlie Cresswell at Leeds United after fresh talks with the England Under-21 international.

Cresswell is poised for a return to United’s matchday squad in the near future having been ostracised from Farke’s plans amid doubts over his focus and his future.

The 21-year-old has seen few minutes under Farke this season and, having spent last season on loan at Millwall, was keen to move out of Leeds during the January window having found himself fourth in the order of centre-backs at Elland Road.

United have received loan interest from Championship sides but had no interest in sending him out temporarily and placed a value of £5million on him — a figure which no rival team have met.

Farke revealed a fortnight ago that concerns over Cresswell’s attitude had led him to tell the defender that he would not be involved in the club’s first-team schedule for the foreseeable future.

But, speaking on Friday, Farke said: “He was in training the last weeks, absolutely professional and open and honest. We agreed, and I also told him, I will not call him to the matchday squad until he is ready to go.

“We had conversations in the last days. He definitely wants to stay. The door is always open. We were pretty clear it was up to him.

“I was not annoyed by this situation, it was very understandable. He was a regular starter in the Championship last season. When you’re not playing too much, you’re overthinking the situation. Right now, the door is back open to be reinvolved.”

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Today

He’s handled it beautifully, same as Gnonto.


What more could he do 🤷🏻‍♂️

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His handling of players particularly in difficult situations has been first class

comment by LufcGermany (U6066)
posted 13 hours, 18 minutes ago
"ayling bate koch"

Seems you haven't seen that Kock has already signed papers at Eintracht Frankfurt!..

On our books now but not coming back!..
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all 3 have left?

Evidently we were looking at the Japanese international right back but Luton jumped in.

all these welsh lads we are being linked to, makes me proud

Looks like Ben Godfrey isn’t happening. Apparently he played for Everton last night - a full 90 minutes - so Dyche looks to have scuppered that plan. Looks like all our targets have chosen to go elsewhere. Maybe Charlie C might get some game time after all!

Doubt we will get anybody tbh. Worrying with some of our players being injury prone - especially Byram and Strujik. However we do have some good cover with Firpo, Cooper, Creswell, Gray, Shackleton and of course Ampadu. We must keep Rodon fit as well.

Not sure what position I would be looking to strengthen other than both full backs. Even then they have to be better than what we have or just bench players.

I just hope we keep everyone we want to by the end of the window.

To be fair it’s been a quiet window all round. Maybe FFP is causing clubs to look more closely at what they can and can’t spend.

comment by Stoopo (U4707)
posted 52 minutes ago
To be fair it’s been a quiet window all round. Maybe FFP is causing clubs to look more closely at what they can and can’t spend.
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You mean taking action against clubs like Everton who cheated might actually be working?? Lordy Lordy !!

we are doomed .... remind you of anyone?