Wild Wednesday

Austin deal doesn't concern us.

We need wide players - but not surprised Cellino doesn't want to fork out for a winger

LUTV Everton game - I can see why they are showing it, getting people signed up.

Gradel money will probably go towards a few loans.

If the gradel Money is the amount stated then it should be spent on a winger.

I don't think Cellino has told Rosler to 'cope without wingers' as you claim Shaun.

Here is a piece from the article in the thread I put up this morning, taken from the YEP this morning

..... The left-hand side was more of a problem and Rosler’s pre-season experiments have largely served to convince him and the club that a specialist wide player is needed.



Casper Sloth was used there against Eintracht Frankfurt last week but hardly touched the ball before half-time and moved into a central role at the start of the second half. Souleymane Doukara got a chance against Hoffenheim on Saturday, turning in a display which pleased Rosler in parts.



Speaking during United’s training camp in Austria, Rosler admitted that the experimentation was largely a search for fallbacks in the event that the transfer market failed to yield a new winger.



“There are areas where we want to improve,” he said. “Our financial framework is restricted but we still want to do at least one more thing. In some areas we are very light, especially when you talk about wanting to play with width and three up front.”



At one stage a week ago, Leeds thought a deal to sign Catania’s Raphael Martinho was about to fall into place.



A medical was mooted, though Martinho never actually completed one, and United discussed the transfer at length before deciding that the Brazilian’s poor grasp of English might be a problem. Unconvinced that he would settle in Leeds, the club chose to move on.



Earlier this month, Cellino made contact with French club Bastia about Floyd Ayite, a 26-year-old Togo international who is reported to be worth around £2million.



United’s Italian owner did not like Bastia’s valuation and has left that option alone. In the past few days the search has turned elsewhere. Cellino believes the club have enough alternatives, though none of them would be cheap and he is resistant to the idea of signing loanees who do not sign with a view to a permanent deal. Manchester City’s Brandon Barker, a player linked with Leeds throughout the summer, was ruled out for that reason – City’s reluctance to discuss the option of a full-time move.



“With loans that have no (right of) redemption, you are only paying to train another club’s player,” Cellino once said. “I’ve never done a deal like that in my life.”



Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Seems like we are looking but won't pay inflated prices (there may have been other contractual issues also) and we'll not bring players in to later benefit another club.



Looks as though we are looking for winger though doesn't it...?