Angus Kinnear covered a lot of ground with The Square Ball but his Leeds United transfer comments may come back to bite him in May
More than three months stretched out between the boardroom’s bookends on Leeds United’s summer. Chairman Paraag Marathe fired the starting pistol at the end of May and chief executive Angus Kinnear finally answered some critical questions this week.
It might be exciting to hear targets like Emi Buendia, James McAtee, Gustavo Hamer and Fabio Carvalho, head-turning names in the second tier, but it will be hollow for some sections of the fan base. Names can be dropped, but signatures need to be inked. The ambition in the transfer market was commendable, but Kinnear’s assertion they could not find any available options better than Aaronson is a statement that will be tested from here until May.
He said club-wide decisions on recruitment, including the extended payment terms, left the club in a bad place. The players brought in were too speculative. It was important Kinnear acknowledged his own role in that administration, rather than pinning it entirely on Victor Orta or Radrizzani. Murray was, memorably, someone Orta scoffed at as a prospective target in the January 2020 window for Leeds as they chased promotion. Leeds are in a different place now, with different personnel, and Kinnear would have us believe it’s going to be different when they get promoted again.
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