LEEDS, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 16: Detail view of the Leeds United club badge on the corner flag prior to the Premier League match between Leeds United and Newcastle United at Elland Road on December 16, 2020 in Leeds, England.The match will be played without fans, behind closed doors as a Covid-19 precaution. (Photo by Rui Vieira - Pool/Getty Images)
Leeds United transfer news as Jaidon Anthony hailed a ‘better replacement’ than Luis Sinisterra
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Jaidon Anthony can be better than Luis Sinisterra
Leeds United CEO Angus Kinnear believes the Whites have got the better end of the deal when it comes to Jaidon Anthony arriving at Elland Road, with Luis Sinisterra heading in the opposite direction.
“He was on our target list from right at the start of the window, but he seemed central to Bournemouth’s plans,” Kinnear told the Square Ball Podcast. “We’d given up. He came together on the final day. Jaidon really wants to be here, he’s excited.
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“We lost a player who didn’t want to be here at all. It is frustrating because right at the last moment we had a player like Luis who we wanted to keep. He was willing to do anything. We had to accept that.
“We had to make sure we brought in a player who wanted to be here and we think is an adequate replacement and if you take his availability into account, potentially a better replacement.
Leeds United youngster Jamie Shackleton has revealed his delight at Sam Byram returning to the club after growing up idolising the Whites academy graduate. Speaking on the Official Leeds Podcast Shackleton said: “It helps that there’s always been people that you’ve seen do it, so I was in the academy, it was Sam Byram actually.
“When he came back, I was buzzing, I was like ‘oh my god I used to watch you every week, I used to ballboy and chuck you the ball, you probably don’t remember me’.”
“Yeah, he’s good, honestly I’m just buzzing we’re teammates now, it’s nuts to me but when I was 11-12, I was at the side absolutely idolising him. He’s come through the academy and done everything at that age that I wanted to do so, I’ve told him all this anyway.”
