Jayden Bogle admission highlights Leeds United transfer blueprint as pre-season hope outlined — YEP 22/7/24
By Kyle Newbould
Leeds United are making a habit of wrapping deals up quick
and the £5m arrival of Jayden Bogle from Sheffield United
Jayden Bogle was aware of Leeds United’s interest in him
several weeks ago and the lack of noise surrounding his prospective move is
starting to become typical in West Yorkshire.
Bogle’s move to Leeds was confirmed late on Saturday
evening, with the 23-year-old putting pen to paper on a four-year deal.
Sheffield United accepted what has been officially described as an
‘undisclosed’ fee, but the YEP believes it to have been in the region of
£5million, a slight increase on the £4m offers that were rejected early last
week.
Things moved relatively quickly last week as Leeds turned
interest into offers and then offers into a medical and four-year deal. There
was patience in keeping the price down for a player in the final year of his
contract but those in charge at Elland Road got things wrapped up with minimal
fuss and speculation. Bogle only emerged in reports as a potential target for
Leeds a week ago but in his first interview as a Leeds player on Saturday,
admitted he was aware of interest long before.
“Probably a few weeks ago I knew there was interest,” he
told LUTV. “Since I heard that it's where I wanted to be, at a massive club
with a fantastic team and great staff. It's important to be able to build
relationships in pre-season and then go into the season as strong as possible,
so I’m glad it's been done nice and early. It seems like a good group of boys
and great staff as well so I'm excited to meet up with them.”
Bogle has already got his wish, flying out to Germany on
Sunday evening to meet his new teammates. The £5m arrival is expected to be
involved in training come Monday, barely a week after his name and new club
were mentioned in the same sentence.
Transfer speculation surrounding Leeds - certainly when it
comes to arrivals - has been minimal this summer and it is clear that 49ers
Enterprises are working hard to keep rumours at bay. In the modern world, doing
so has proven to be almost impossible but the success rate in this window has
been impressive.
Bogle’s arrival isn’t quite on the level of Joe Rothwell,
whose season-long loan from Bournemouth was confirmed earlier this month. The
29-year-old’s name was only mentioned in the media when he was in West
Yorkshire undergoing medical tests and by the end of that same day, his arrival
was official.
Alex Cairns returned with almost no fanfare and while it is
much easier to avoid speculation over a third-choice goalkeeper, the deal was
still wrapped up swiftly. Joe Rodon’s name was understandably commonplace among
the Leeds gossip columns but when the opportunity arose amid talks over Archie
Gray’s £40m move the other way, Leeds took it.
That behind-the-scenes work has come to typify the transfer
business at Leeds and 49ers Enterprises will hope to work in similar silence
between now and August 30. There is still work to be done in the market but
Farke spoke of remaining calm last week and evidently trusts his bosses.