{"id":84494,"date":"2023-07-30T06:30:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T05:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/?p=84494"},"modified":"2023-07-29T21:17:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T20:17:17","slug":"leeds-united-and-southampton-a-two-horse-race-for-striker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/07\/30\/leeds-united-and-southampton-a-two-horse-race-for-striker\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United and Southampton &#8211; a two horse race for striker?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The names of Nottingham Forest and Everton were both missing from reports yesterday that suggested that it was a two horse race now between Leeds United and Southampton for Joel Piroe.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation has been rife all through the close season as to where Piroe may end up when the transfer window closes and Swans boss Michael Duff is anticipating an offer for the striker who scored twice more yesterday as the Swans rounded off their pre-season campaign with a 4-0 win at Reading.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='TEhNLUQTS3l_EUNYAkptlg' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1572406823' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'TEhNLUQTS3l_EUNYAkptlg',sig:'EfQ1mTH8veyTUIcgg8RCJfmf_j_lwu1MFdeSPrz4aDw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1572406823',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Yesterday was all about incomings to the Swansea.com Stadium with Michael Duff admitting three medicals &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/07\/29\/and-pedersen-makes-three-former-birmingham-defender-to-sign-on-in-sa1\/\">believed to be Carl Rushworth, Harrison Ashby<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/07\/29\/loan-deals-with-brighton-and-newcastle-united-set-to-be-completed\/\">Kristian Pedersen<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; were booked in for Monday and late on we had the news that <strong>s<a href=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/07\/29\/mykola-kukharevych-the-latest-name-linked-to-sa1-swans-to-move-for-striker\/\">triker Mykola Kukharevych was also a target<\/a><\/strong> for the Swans.<\/p>\n<p>Those four arrivals would add multiple options to a squad that Duff has admitted needs strengthening and certainly the arrival of Kukharevych, when added to that of Jerry Yates, prepares for the departure of our top scorer over the past two seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1ft7b45tyyy.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10\"><span data-reactid=\".1ft7b45tyyy.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.0\">&#8220;I anticipate interest because he&#8217;s a good player,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/66351295\">Duff told BBC Sport Wales<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1ft7b45tyyy.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11\"><span data-reactid=\".1ft7b45tyyy.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11.0\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve not had a bid for him so until the club gets a bid for him, we have to crack on like he&#8217;s here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1ft7b45tyyy.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12\"><span data-reactid=\".1ft7b45tyyy.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12.0\">&#8220;I&#8217;m sure he&#8217;s got aspirations to play as high as he can. His attitude has been first class.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1ft7b45tyyy.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13\"><span data-reactid=\".1ft7b45tyyy.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13.0\">&#8220;If the club accepts an offer, the club accepts an offer, we&#8217;ll move on&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='Pbb7HlTZTkF_kgSFtqefDA' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1259002003' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Pbb7HlTZTkF_kgSFtqefDA',sig:'Mm4amkbc1y-eByYOmQcnM9_lp9Sm-WeB8MKHNxnzXpE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1259002003',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p data-reactid=\".1ft7b45tyyy.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13\">Earlier on in the day, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/29\/leeds-united-southampton-joel-piroe\/\">Last Word on Football had reported<\/a><\/strong> that it was just down to Leeds and Southampton to battle for Piroe with interest from Leicester City, said to be cooled.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1ft7b45tyyy.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13\">Leeds&#8217; need for a striker is obvious with the side relegated last season having scored just twice in three pre-season games whilst Southampton are of course managed by former Swans boss Russell Martin who hopes to take Piroe to St Mary&#8217;s Stadium.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1ft7b45tyyy.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13\">The Swans are rumoured to want around \u00a315m for Piroe although the longer the window goes on, the longer that resolve will be tested.\u00a0 \u00a0Nobody within the club will want to see this go down to the last minute where the price can drop.\u00a0 \u00a0With Piroe already indicating there will be no new contract at the club his departure is inevitable so we wait and see which one of his potential suitors show their hands first.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1ft7b45tyyy.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84496\" src=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Piroe-Two-Horse-Race.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Piroe-Two-Horse-Race.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Piroe-Two-Horse-Race-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Piroe-Two-Horse-Race-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Piroe-Two-Horse-Race-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Piroe-Two-Horse-Race-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Piroe-Two-Horse-Race-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Piroe-Two-Horse-Race-1068x601.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The names of Nottingham Forest and Everton were both missing from reports yesterday that suggested that it was a two horse race now between Leeds United and Southampton for Joel Piroe. Speculation has been rife all through the close season as to where Piroe may end up when the transfer window closes and Swans boss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[293,49,203],"tags":[613,712,726,1509],"class_list":["post-84494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-first-team","category-news","category-opinion","tag-joel-piroe","tag-leeds-united","tag-southampton","tag-the-2023-2024-season"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}