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BBC News
16-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Leeds 'don't want to blow their budget' on Longstaff
On the latest episode of Don't Go To Bed Just Yet, Kaiser Chiefs' bassist Simon Rix ponders whether Leeds should pay more than £12m for Newcastle midfielder Sean Longstaff."I feel like Leeds this summer so far have proven that they're not willing to be pushed on bids," he told BBC Radio Leeds. "They've bid for a few people and then when they've been outbid they've not worried too much. They haven't got into a bidding war so far."Whether or not there becomes a point where you have to start getting out of your comfort zone, I don't know. But I think they have made assessments on how much they want people, how much they're willing to pay and what the market value is and at the moment, they're not going beyond that."They did have, I believe, three bids for Longstaff. The maximum I think was £10m plus two million for bonuses, which seems very cheap for a guy with 100-plus Premier League appearances. "It gets into Jack Harrison territory I guess - a really steady Premier League player which is probably what you need but you don't want to blow your budget."Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds
BBC News
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
🎧 Making moves in the transfer market
A new episode of Don't Go To Bed Just Yet is available to listen to and download on BBC Buchan, Adam Pope and Kaiser Chiefs' bassist Simon Rix have plenty to talk about with Lille left-back Gabriel Gudmundsson expected to join the club as Max Wober heads out on loan to Werder that, a new home kit and a story of a broken guitar in Edinburgh are topics for the to the full episode on BBC Sounds
BBC News
02-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
'A gamble' - is Leeds' strategy a risk?
Leeds United's transfer business this summer could be a "gamble", says Kaiser Chiefs' bassist and Whites supporter Simon on the BBC Radio Leeds' Don't Go To Bed Just Yet podcast, he said: "It's a little bit worrying they [the club] are fishing around in the European leagues, because we have done that before and it didn't really work."I think we are going to sign five or six people - and five of them need to work."If we're going to sign one left-back then we can't afford one left-back not to be good, unless we sign two left-backs. It is a gamble."Last summer, we talked about it feeling like we did good work and we were in good shape. We felt like January was a gamble and that paid off, but this transfer window is definitely going to be a lot of working out the amount of money that it would take – like with Habib Diarra [who moved to Sunderland instead] – where you go find someone else to gamble on."BBC Radio Leeds' Jonny Buchan added: "You have to be strong with that, they have to know that is the amount that we are willing to pay for that player and if it goes above that, like with Diarra, then no."If that means he goes to one of our rivals, which Sunderland will be next season, and he goes there for 10 or 15m more than we wanted to pay, we just have to suck that one up because that is not what we [can afford]."It is like when you go in for a house, you are only going to go in so much over the asking price. It might be that house ends up being worth loads more than that in years to come but you, at that time, could only go to what you think you needed to go to to get that player."Listen to the full discussion on BBC SoundsTell us what you think. Should Leeds pay whatever it takes to close deals or do they need to take a more prudent approach?And do you agree that shopping in the European market is "a gamble"?Let us know
BBC News
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
🎧 Firpo exit and who is arriving next at Elland Road?
The latest Don't Go To Bed Just Yet is here and it is all about the latest comings and goings at Elland this week's show, BBC Radio Leeds' Jonny Buchan and Adam Pope and, fresh from Glastonbury, Kaiser Chiefs bassist Simon Rix discuss the exit of defender Junior Firpo, who left as a free agent on also chat about who could be potentially coming through the door next after some early summer to the full episode on BBC Sounds
BBC News
25-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
'I don't think it is a permanent problem' - will Leeds face PSR issues?
BBC Radio Leeds' Don't Go To Bed Just Yet podcast have been discussing possible profit and sustainability rules issues Leeds United could the Premier League's PSR rules, clubs are allowed to lose £105m over a rolling three-year period."There's a lot of mistakes in the past that I think is part of it [PSR issues], the TV money being down too, but it is a temporary problem I think," Kaiser Chiefs bassist Simon Rix said."I don't think it is a permanent problem. The year we get rid of that first year in the Championship, which is next year, it is one of the reasons it is OK."If we do some of this stuff where we do backload it this year, it is OK because next year our PSR position will be loads better because we will have a year in the Championship where we did well, sold a load of players and the PSR was good, and two years in the Premier League."So, suddenly, in a year's time if we are having this conversation, we will actually be quite safe it seems and have lots of money to spend if we want to. It is just getting through this year where it is sticky."BBC Radio Leeds sports editor Johnny Buchan added: "There has also got to be a churn in the squad this year, because we have got to increase the standard of the squad, so it is really difficult timing-wise."The messaging from the club has all been them saying that it is workable, it is manageable. Yes, it is difficult, it is tight, but it is workable and manageable this year."They have got lots of experience in the building dealing with this from dealing with it in the NFL and salary caps that are in place over there, so lots of experience. Yes, it is a different sport, but money is money, spreadsheets are spreadsheets."Listen to the full discussion on BBC Sounds
