{"id":85111,"date":"2023-08-25T07:32:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T06:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/?p=85111"},"modified":"2023-08-25T07:32:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T06:32:03","slug":"swans-fans-happy-at-deal-with-leeds-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/08\/25\/swans-fans-happy-at-deal-with-leeds-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Swans fans &#8220;happy&#8221; at deal with Leeds United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Joel Piroe transfer position finally closed yesterday when the forward signed a four year deal at Leeds United and departed the Swansea.com Stadium after a two year stay in which he scored close on fifty goals for the club.<\/p>\n<p>Piroe left the Swans for an &#8220;undisclosed fee&#8221; that has been reported within the media as \u00a312m although no details have &#8211; at the time of writing &#8211; been revealed as to the make up of that \u00a312m in terms of any split between up front fees and add on clauses.<\/p>\n<p>Either way the deal was enough to persuade the Swans and Piroe to part company despite discussions between both parties to extend his stay at Swansea with an increased contract and a sell on clause.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='D2GPbhIvTS1dZ2UocyOq0w' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1578594493' 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:'D2GPbhIvTS1dZ2UocyOq0w',sig:'b5-lqa8kXpMFMx71DMHWLlK5YgkFk4EQHUWniJRYAVI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1578594493',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>With the official confirmation of the deal coming yesterday evening we created a snap poll on Twitter asking the question as to whether Swans fans thought that it was a good deal.<\/p>\n<p>The overwhelming answer that came back was yes with over 340 votes cast in the 10 hours since the poll went live.\u00a0 \u00a077% of fans believed that \u00a312m was a good deal for the Swans despite the natural disappointment that the player had moved on.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For the reported \u00a312m &#8211; is the deal to sell Piroe a good one for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Swans?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Swans<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LUFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JackArmy.net (@swansnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/swansnews\/status\/1694820845816799496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of course many thoughts behind these votes could easily change should it turn into the case that very little of the Piroe money is made available to the recruitment team for replacements for Piroe although there is already an acceptance that some of the fee (and the same for any sale of Nathan Wood) will need to be placed to ensuring that the books at the club are balanced.<\/p>\n<p>The other reality remains that there was a danger here that Piroe could have ended in a position where he was running down the last year of the contract and one of our prized assets could, had that happened, have left on a free transfer which would have been as close to neglect as any piece of business we have done in our history.<\/p>\n<p>A new contract would have very much suited (and protected) us but Piroe turned that down at the start of the week and from that point onwards the sale was the only option available &#8211; the good part is we got the deal done quickly.<\/p>\n<p>But for now &#8211; and on the face of the headline figures &#8211; Swans fans are comfortable that the seemingly inevitable sale of Piroe has been done at a good fee for the club.\u00a0 And that surely has to be the main thing?<\/p>\n<p><em>What are your thoughts?\u00a0 \u00a0Leave your comments below, vote in the Twitter poll or join in the discussion on the football forum here.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Joel Piroe transfer position finally closed yesterday when the forward signed a four year deal at Leeds United and departed the Swansea.com Stadium after a two year stay in which he scored close on fifty goals for the club. 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