The truth behind Leeds United's Gus Hamer pursuit

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The truth behind Leeds United's Gus Hamer pursuit
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00:00We were told face-to-face yesterday in the press room it was categorically not true that Leeds
00:06offered Peru. I have a few thoughts Joe. Can I imagine a scenario where Sheffield United
00:13a bit miffed about that first Leeds offer for Hamer because of the level it was at and maybe
00:19the potential for unsettling and also how it landed in Chris Wilder's lap like a plate of hot
00:25stew by a clumsy waiter. It has not landed well with him at all. I would imagine he's pulled that
00:31face and can I conceive a scenario where they thought right then a little bit of mind games
00:38towards the end of the window have cropped up. I could conceive it. It would not be inconceivable
00:43to me. If I was going to try and unsettle a Leeds United player would you go with Joe Piro?
00:50No. I think that takes us on to what our second hypothesis is for why this
00:59I don't know supposed or alleged cash plus player deal came to be reported and that being
01:06that in the business of transfer negotiations before an official formal approach is made
01:13there will be lots of back and forth I imagine between the two parties, between the two clubs
01:19and you know various ideas will be floated again all in an unofficial capacity and what
01:26possibly might have been discussed is that okay would X club be willing to take
01:33Y player from Z club shall we say? With W cash on top? With W cash on top yes and
01:43while it's not an official proposal it is something which is maybe put forth to test
01:48the waters again it's always a possibility that these things are discussed. It's not that they
01:52were officially proposed but yeah that could also have been something that happened and
01:59you know Sheffield United might have had a look at that and thought well you know what if they're
02:02going to in our perspective try to unsettle Gus Hamer then we're going to leak this. Again not
02:10saying that is what's happened but I think the manner in which it came out suggests that it
02:16could be a possibility that that is what happened as well.

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