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“Desperate For Money” “We Are Skint” – Some Leeds Fan Rage At Radrizzani Admission

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The transfer of Ronaldo Vieira to Sampdoria last week certainly raised eyebrows within the Leeds United fan base.

A fee of reportedly £7.7million was agreed seeing the young 20-year-old head to Italy and whilst fans were torn on his departure owing to his performances last season and many believing that he had now hit his ceiling, many more believed it was a pathetic fee for a player of such talent and despite any dip in his form, he would come through it and develop further.

His talent is undeniable but he’s young and that brings consistency issues which any fan must understand. Having sold Lewis Cook previously and him now spoken about as a potential £30million player, that created its own debate on cashing in quickly with no thought to the future and possible sell on fees as a tangent.

Credit to Radrizzani for breaking the silence after an incredibly quiet summer so far and my personal opinion is he’s being harshly treated over his choice of words from fans who reacted in the moment without actually considering Financial Fair Play.

I do however see why reacting in the moment wouldn’t give rise to greater thought in this case, because we’ve been so quiet and what I think Radz probably meant to explain was Vieira was a ‘sacrifice’ based on previous years of less than great management on an FFP front. Most seem to have taken it as Vieira was sold to fund Patrick Bamford and in fairness, Radz says that himself but I don’t think he does himself justice in the lack of qualification.

Our owner did hand the player a new four-year deal upon his own arrival and manager Marcelo Bielsa has already said it was a board decision that he simply has to ‘adapt to’.

He told the Yorkshire Evening Post.

“To be honest and fair, Marcelo told me he was a player who had value and he could count on him, not in the line-up but as a first option on the bench. To give me advice, he said ‘if you take £7m this year you would take double next year for the way he will go.’ I’m not stupid, I don’t want to lose money and I know I could sell for more next year, but the club unfortunately needs to have some injection. We need to focus investment on what we need. At this moment we needed a striker and we need players with other characteristics so we had to take this sacrifice. It was very difficult for me. It’s a sacrifice that even if I didn’t want, I had to do.”

I accept I’m probably in the minority.

“I joked with him and said I hope to be in the Premier League and buy him back. I hope this joke can become true one day.”

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