“At this rate, it will not take long”: The club is prepared to pay Leeds for the player, with a potential €5 million deal.
The expectation is that AS Roma will soon acquire Diego Llorente, a Leeds United loanee.
After being loaned to the Giallorossi by the Whites back in January, the centre back was initially supposed to stay with the Italian squad until the following summer.
Metropolitan Magazine now outlines the reasons why it is likely that a permanent relocation will be found sooner rather than later.
Owing to the multiple injuries plaguing Roma’s defensive line, the Leeds loanee is seeing plenty of playing time.
The story claims that the Giallorossi and the other teams have an agreement for the Giallorossi to purchase him for €5 million should he play in half of their games this season. According to the agreement, “At this rate, it will not take long.”
Then, Roma is reportedly “ready” to make the buy, which may end up being a decent one given that they have recently been connected to centre backs that cost significantly more.
Given how well he is currently performing in Italy and Transfermarkt’s valuation of him at €8 million, Leeds may now feel that they might have received a somewhat higher price for him.
In a related development:
Rather, the choice was taken to include a Premier League team in each of the six chosen games, with three of them being all-PL ties and Wigan Athletic being the only team not in the top two divisions.
Championship opponents Sunderland and Middlesbrough will profit from the increased revenue from TV rights as a result of the ruling, but Leeds will lose out.
The following matches will be aired, according to the official FA Cup Twitter account: Middlesbrough vs. Aston Villa, Arsenal vs. Liverpool, Wigan vs. Manchester United, Sunderland vs. Newcastle, and Crystal Palace vs. Everton.
The people who chose the fixtures have once again lacked imagination and clearly favoured the Premier League teams, who are seen on television almost every week while the EFL clubs are regularly overlooked by broadcasters.
Even though it seems sense that fans are drawn to the nation’s larger teams, Leeds could feel cheated because, despite their Premier League demotion, they still belong in that group and would guarantee both a thrilling match and high attendance.
Not alone are Leeds supporters disappointed; non-league team Maidstone United would also profit immensely from the money that television coverage brings , as they have been drawn to play either Stevenage or Port Vale.
Even for the games that have been chosen, the fans have once again been sidelined, which is disappointing given the choice to emphasise Premier League teams for the TV selection.
Championship and EFL clubs will be appreciative of any funding that comes their way, and it is an embarrassment to English football for the FA to continue to turn away the clubs who most need it.