Leeds United have only managed to net £9m for two internationals.
One year ago Leeds United were being hailed for astute business, signing Barry Douglas for just £3 million.
The low fee was an outrageously good figure for a player considered the Championship’s best left-back.
This summer the Whites’ negotiating has not been so noteworthy. Not in a positive sense.
The sales of Pontus Jansson and now Bailey Peacock-Farrell look way below market value.
Jansson was sold to Brentford for just £5.5 million.
This was a low fee for a regular Sweden international, considered one of Leeds’ best players, proven in the Championship.
Aston Villa’s £26 million signing of Tyrone Mings shows how crazy this market is. Leeds made it look normal.
Brighton’s reportedly imminent signing of Adam Webster from Bristol City for £20 million highlights this is not a one off.
Leeds could have held out for more for Jansson, but instead rushed into a sale. Which is bizarre as it has not accelerated their own transfer business.
Now Leeds are selling goalkeeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell to Burnley for £3.5 million, the Yorkshire Evening Post report.
Peacock-Farrell only has one year left on his contract, but this is too low a fee for a goalkeeper who at 22 is already Northern Ireland’s top goalkeeper.
This means Leeds have sold two players who were regulars in the first half of last season for a combined £9 million.
In this market that’s poor business. Leeds have to do some work to change the perception of their transfer window, which has not seen any players incoming since the first week of July.
A Douglas-type deal would go a long way to offsetting the players going in the opposite direction.
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