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"New buy out for Leeds United"

The great grandson of the founder of Sainsburys supermarket is set to buy Leeds United football club for £25 million. He plans to pay the current bored £2 million each, wipe the debt clean, buy back the Thorpe Arch Training Ground and make plenty of money avalible to Kevin Blackwell who still wishes to expand the current club.

Talks that Leeds may fall through this division halted when it became apparent that Leeds were not an easy team to beat. Brighton managed to beat a 9-man Leeds team at the weekend whilst Premiership side Portsmouth held onto a 2-1 lead mid-week despite continual pressure by the elland road outfit who had been dogged by suspensions and injuries. Note the last time Leeds faced Portsmouth in Portsmouth the score line was 6-1.

Leeds' main problem has come from the lack of firepower with Leeds' 3 strikers Julian Joachium, Brian Dean and Michael Ricketts only scoring 1 goal each thus far this season. Meanwhile midfielder and Manchester United signing Danny Pugh has scored 6. Blackwell has hoped to turn his clubs goal drought around with the recent signing of David Healy from Preston. Don Hutchinson also maybe due on loan at the club from West Ham.

Isn't such a rotten time to be a Leeds fan.

It was about half a million for healy.

Hope he finds his scoring touch.

Ricketts, Dean and Joachium have scored one each... only Jullian has scored in the league.

Bloody hell! You mean, Michael Ricketts has SCORED for you this season?!? :o

I'm very happy for Leeds United - providing this all goes-through okay.

Not only are they getting a young man who will undoubtabley end their shoddy goals-few-scoring run, but their financial situation will finally be quite stable again (well, from what I understand, they're only initially reducing it to £15m).

Kevin Blackwell should also have an extra £5m to spend in January - and, unlike the Premiership, down in 'The Championship', that sort of money can go a very long way.


Why, as you may be aware, not only did Swindon steal our nickname [The Robins] yonks ago, but they also took-onboard one of our brightest young stars, Cristian Roberts, for something rediculous, like...

£30,000!!!

It's ROBBERY, I tell ya!!

:(

Tut tut

Dringo wrote:
> He plans to pay the current bored £2 million each,

I'm from Leeds and I'm bored. Does that mean he'll be giving me £2 mill as well?

* I'm sorry, really I am but I couldn't resist. Cheap shot I know *

i'munn wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
> He plans to pay the current bored £2 million each,
>
> Are they really that sick and tired of leeds?

What??

They seem reluctant to sell thus far.

Dringo wrote:
> He plans to pay the current bored £2 million each,

Are they really that sick and tired of leeds?

I hope it happens.

Leeds fans deserve it.

Says on the Leeds website he has joined the club.

Has Healy signed then? Thought he was just having his medical, and it was subject to the take over?

"I'll give you a 5p and this shiny button for Leeds United"
"Deal!"

Ahahrhar.
It's all they're worth anyway...