Deal close for Norwegian shot stopper

23 Jul 2021 08:06 am, by Ellandback1

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Deal close for Norwegian shot stopper

Leeds are in advanced talks to sign 20 year old shot stopper Kristoffer Klaesson, and expect a deal to be concluded shortly. The Norwegian U21 has been on Leeds radar for a while, and with Casilla returning to Spain, its given Leeds the excuse they need to tout their man. The young keeper has been impressive for Valerenga since breaking into the first team, making 54 appearances for them in the Norwegian Eliteserien, keeping 12 clean sheets. Several reports are indicating Leeds have submitted an offer very close to his valuation and that Klaesson is just waiting for work permit to seal the deal!

Do Leeds needs another centre forward

Last season, only five teams in the top flight scored more goals than Leeds. An in form Bamford netted a magnificent 17 times, more than Calvert-Lewin and Vardy. To put the icing on the cake, Harrison, Dallas, Rodrigo and Raphinha contributed a further 29 goals between them. Will they be able to replicate the same this forthcoming season, and what happens if Bamford has a goal shy season or picks up a lengthy injury? Rodrigo said himself when he signed, he was not an out and out goal scorer, neither is Roberts!

Sam Greenwood and Joe Gelhardt are two exciting players on the cusp of the first team, but the gap between U23/s and the Premiership may be too far adrift this season. Do Leeds need to splash out on a decent centre forward during the Summer?

Former Hull City favourite left bemused by Leeds gift

Former Hull City favourite David Meyler was left bemused after receiving a gift in the post from Leeds Utd. He was even more perplexed when he opened the package, to find out Leeds had sent the former Republic of Ireland midfielder a brand new Leeds shirt, along with a message thanking him for his support. Whilst in MOST cases, we all love Leeds, apparently it doesn't stretch to those who spend over half their career with Hull City. Meyler decided as lovely as the shirt was, it deserved to be in the hands of a proper Leeds fan, and had a competition on twitter last night where one lucky White bagged the beautiful attire!

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Leeds1000 wrote on 24 Jul 2021 06:23 pm

Ellandback1 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 1:43 pm Rodrigo I believe will have a fantastic forthcoming season as long as he stays injury free and plenty of game time.

Lets hope you are proven right Ell. Sounds like he's really up for this season.

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Ellandback1 wrote on 24 Jul 2021 01:43 pm

Leeds1000 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 5:55 pm Another striker would be great. We haven't got the dosh for a top draw one, if Paddy gets injured, has Rodrigo got the legs? after that its Roberts, Gelhardt and possibly Greenwood fighting it out for top job. I would like a Pereira type AM then i think we are good to go for the season.

Rodrigo I believe will have a fantastic forthcoming season as long as he stays injury free and plenty of game time.

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Leeds1000 wrote on 23 Jul 2021 05:55 pm

Another striker would be great. We haven't got the dosh for a top draw one, if Paddy gets injured, has Rodrigo got the legs? after that its Roberts, Gelhardt and possibly Greenwood fighting it out for top job. I would like a Pereira type AM then i think we are good to go for the season.

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whiteroseboy wrote on 23 Jul 2021 04:08 pm

faaip wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 3:18 pm The definition of chance would be very subjective.

Agree its opinion at the end of the day, but was just using the figures on the chart.

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weasel wrote on 23 Jul 2021 03:58 pm

When Casillas was our established no1 our back up keeper was a youngster with nor a great deal of experience. Am sure someone could have put together a video of his matches in France to make him look poor. As it was for most of the season he didn't get a look in and then when he did he took his chance although di make a mistake or two along the way.

The alternative to a young untested keeper is probably paying an experienced keeper £30k per week to sit on the bench. That's a lot of money and I doubt that the fee we will pay for this Norwegian keeper and his wages for 2 or 3 years will come tothe same as we would have to pay for the experienced back-up.

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