Leeds United have gatecrashed Southampton’s plans to swoop for Joel Piroe and have satisfied the Swansea City hierarchy with a bid for the player. Despite the main decision makers at the club all being out of the country this week, which led us to beleive any deals would be put on hold it seems Paul Watson has managed this latest piece of Swans business.

It has to be said with the news of Paul Watson being the sole man at the helm this week we genuinely felt that any deals would be placed on hold. However, the caveat being any club wanting the likes of Piroe would have to meet the exact valuation placed on him by Swansea. It seems Leeds United have done that with no figures available at the moment.

Joel rejected a vastly improved contract offer on Tuesday as we reported earlier in the week on Sunday.

That news is here —> Piroe contract offer

The only way any club was to be successful in signing Piroe in the absence of key decision makers at the Swans was for an offer to be made that was acceptable to the club. That has happened so we can expect good news on the fee surely ? It’s certainly enough for Piroe to have been released from training this morning to travel to Leeds United for an extensive medical. Paul Watson having been left at the helm of the club this week has most certainly been the key mover in this latest action.

What will ensure a sale this week ?

That’s here —> Valuations have to be met

It’s pretty obvious now the Swans will be reliant ( as it stands ) on new signings Mykola and Jerry Yates for goals in the immediate future as the transfer window once again scuppers everyone’s thoughts and throws up many surprises.

More on this as we get it.

Photographs licensed from Reuters

ReslovenSwan1 added 14:25 - Aug 24 Decision makers not in place with the clock ticking down on the window? How come. ?
0

johnjubal1958 added 16:41 - Aug 24 I'm curious to what the addons will be along with the suggested £12 million figure? It's time to move on and I don't think Joel will enjoy his time at Leeds? It just gut feeling I have but I could be wrong. Either way I wish him all the best!
0

Bluswan added 17:28 - Aug 24 Call me a cynic but what proportion of the incoming funds from the sale of Piroe will be reinvested in playing staff? The history under the past 7 yrs or so of the current ownership suggests that the answer will be very little, if any at all. After this will follow the likely sale of Nathan Wood. Therefore this next week will be the defining moment of Watson and Coleman’s tenure at the club. Will they be permitted to reinvest in quality (rather than players for future and loans), will they fight their corner, or will they be walked over by Levine et al and the surplus disappears (think parachute payments, Joe Rodon etc)? No doubt the usual pseudo-financial protagonists will argue that this is about the sustainability of the club, but the basic fact is that since relegation the club have sold £130m worth of players (if Piroe is included but the sale of Whittaker to Plymouth is not), and purchased just £18m (including Yates). So £112m profit on player sales. Financial sustainability or perhaps something else? As for Piroe, good luck to him as he has served us well over the past couple of years, but I am disappointed that he is being sold to a direct rival. Not really the actions of an ambitious club. But of course as a diehard fan for the past 60yrs very happy to be proved wrong and we find ourselves back in the PL with a Laudrup type of flair.

0

Blogs 31 bloggers

Southampton Polls