Lucas Radebe confirms his interest for Leeds United

Lucas Radebe, the former captain of Leeds, has confirmed that he is one of those who are looking to purchase he club. Earlier on Saturday, the owner of the club GFH Capital denied an offer from a group believed to include Lucas Radebe.

According to reports, on his website, the forty four year old stated that he is a part of a consortium that has submitted a preliminary indication of interest regarding the acquisition of a stake in Leeds. They expect carry on their recent discussions confidentially.

Radebe, the former South Africa international, has played in two hundred and one league matches for Elland Road club from 1994 to 2005. He was a part of the Whites team which reached the semi finals of the 2001 Champions League.

There were reports that his consortium also had the chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire Gary Verity that helped attract the first stages of Tour de France 2014 to the county. Radebe told that they would like the scope to explain both the substance of their proposal, and their plan for working with GFH Capital to carry on the rebuilding program at the club.

In the mean time, Scott Wootton has been winnowed out of Leeds’ match against Middlesbrough. He is suffering from an ankle injury that could keep the player on sidelines for many weeks. This means that Marius Zaliukas, the Lithuania footballer, would make his full debut for Leeds United on Saturday.

, November 25, 2013. Category: Uncategorized. Tagged: .

LEEDS FACE READING

Leeds United manager Brian McDermott will be taking his team to face former club Reading during the weekend, and it is a visit that he is very much looking forward to this weekend. McDermott was responsible for getting Reading into the top flight in 2012, but he was unable to prevent the club from facing relegation. Even though he had been in the top flight for only a few months, the club decided to relieve him of his duties by sacking him close to the end of the campaign. They were unable to prevent the club from going down anyway even after the appointment of a new manager.

It did not take long for McDermott to find new job as the manager of Leeds United, who are regarded as one of the promotion challengers this season. Leeds also have one of the biggest budgets in the Championship, but they will be coming up against a Reading team that has the benefit of parachute payments. Leeds have started the season in disappointing fashion and they are currently well below the play-offs position. Reading, meanwhile, are on the edge of making it into the top six.

Despite the contrasting nature of the two teams when it comes to form, it is expected to be a closely fought encounter.

“It would be wrong of me to say that this game does not mean a lot to me of course it does. I spent such a large part of my football career at this football club and the supporters were really good to me. The people around the club were really good to me and I did the best I could at the football club day in and day out every day so my conscience is clear as far as that is concerned and I think I made them a lot of money,” said McDermott.

, September 30, 2013. Category: Uncategorized. Tagged: .
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