‘I love you Marcelo’, ‘OMG’ – These Leeds fans react to report that senior Jan signing is close
Leeds United might be struggling to bring a striker in but they could be close to finally landing their first senior signing of the window.
TEAMtalk editor James Marshment has pointed to a report from Italian outlet Tuttosport today, that says Leeds have beaten Torino to the signing of Man City winger Ian Poveda.
The report says that this happened after Marcelo Bielsa personally phoned the player to convince him to join.
The pull of Bielsa is big. He convinced Eddie Nketiah to join and it would be tough to turn down a manager who’s had so much praise from Poveda’s current boss Pep Guardiola.
And it’s led to some brilliant reactions from Leeds fans, who are excited that a signing could soon be formalised.
It’s also led to a lot of humour from some who have asked Bielsa to do the same with Southampton’s Che Adams. Actually, perhaps that’s a good idea, not a joke.
Other fans are pleased and/or amazed that Bielsa has got personally involved in trying to convince a player to join. Last time, Victor Orta was tasked with selling the Bielsa vision. perhaps that’s a sign of how highly Bielsa rates Poveda.
However, as one fam said, “Great news… All we need now is a top striker. No pressure”. Ain’t that the truth?
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