Leeds United - v - Hull City ** Carabao Cup ***Matchday Thread***

[ozleeds]

Oz - you cannot force a player to sign for another club but in football business there a number of ways that a club can try and 'convince' the player to move elsewhere and giving them a 'B' game outing as captain is a shop window to sell 'Sold as Seen' maybe.

Obviously the player’s agent has an amount of power over any transfer so if a player can move for a fee or wait out his contract and move elsewhere for free then his agent would prefer that there was a transfer fee involved every time as they'll get a cut of this and they can also negotiate the fee and terms.

So a club may perhaps speak to the agent of the player and ask the agent to find a potential suitor and then do the more difficult task of selling that club to the player. Leeds could offer the agent a bigger than usual cut of such a deal - in which case any agent in their right mind will do whatever they can to shift the player and earn their wedge.This is what I believe may happen with a few at Leeds come October including Roberts whose been touted about by SSM (Dean Sturridge) his agent presently hence alleged Derby interest who appear to have shifted 12 players out and got 11 in and have £3 million left to replace striker Chris Martin who they've sold to Bristol last week.So Roberts out on loan for a season could appease all parties as he's out of contract with us in June 2022.

These agents sadly will not particularly care what the outcome is for the player(s) as long as they get their cut of the deal.Sits uncomfortable with me the Kiko situation but cannot see him bench warming for sure.

MOT

Sorry Mrs O been ill today was referring to Rodrigo and not Kiko miss understood what jess was saying.
And i agree about the agents as they don't care about the personal its a business for them.
In all honesty though who in the right mind would want him anyway.I suspect we are stuck with him and his expensive contract and if he had brains he would stay and collect his hefty amount each week. MB has done brilliantly to get us up cause our expert recruiter has only caused head aches.