Not much leaking out of SOTG this morning then.........
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/latest-whites-news/leeds-united-in-transfer-talks-warnock-poised-to-splash-new-owner-s-cash-1-4699716
By Phil Hay
Published on Monday 2 July 2012 08:17
Neil Warnock was working to tie up loose ends in the transfer market
today, in preparation for the planned takeover at Leeds United.
The United manager is back after a holiday abroad and awaiting
permission to conclude multiple transfers with funds supplied by
prospective new owners of the Championship club.
Investment from the Middle East is poised to arrive at Elland Road after
an unnamed group agreed in principle a deal to purchase Leeds from
chairman and majority shareholder Ken Bates, subject to due diligence
and the investors passing the Football League’s Owners and Directors Test.
The buyers are understood to see Warnock – appointed in February and
under contract until the end of next season – as integral to their
immediate plans and to have offered assurances about both his position
and the money available for transfers.
Warnock has worked in the meantime to put deals in place ready to
complete, and the arrival of goalkeeper Paddy Kenny from Queens Park
Rangers appears reliant only on Leeds meeting a fee of around £500,000.
Sources in Leicester also claim the transfer of right-back Lee Peltier
to Elland Road is effectively a done deal, with City said to value the
25-year-old at £350,000.
Warnock has other matters to attend to with midfielder Michael Brown –
recently offered a new one-year deal on reduced terms – now out of
contract and Republic of Ireland Under-21 international Aidan White also
at the end of his deal.
Leeds have compensation rights for the 20-year-old, who has yet to
accept the offer of a fresh deal at Elland Road, who is believed to have
spoken to a rival Championship side.
Crystal Palace, meanwhile, look ready to step up their interest in Ross
McCormack in a bid to beat Huddersfield and Bristol City to the United
striker’s signature.
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