Leeds bid rejected.

[Barmy]

Leeds United's £800,000 offer for Birmingham City striker Robbie Blake has been rejected.

The former Burnley striker has only been at St Andrews for six months after joining the club from Turf Moor during the January transfer window.

Blues paid £1.25 million for the 29-year-old's services and the club are believed to want an offer closer to that fee in order to part company with Blake.

Leeds are reportedly set to up their offer early next week as Kevin Blackwell looks to build a side capable of challenging for the promotion places next term.

The Whites have the perfect opportunity to negotiate with Birmingham as the clubs are coincidentally both in Norway next week on pre-season tours.

The club currently have a number of trialists training with the squad, including the likes of Catanha and Georges Ba and Blackwell has been impressed with what he has seen.

"The trialists have all been of a very good quality and are desperate to earn a contract," explained the Leeds boss.

"I will take 23 players to Norway and there are still places up for grabs."

[CalderBantam]

How can leeds possibly afford £800,000 transfer fees? They're gambling big time on promotion and when it doesn't come...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/media/mw_titanic.jpg

...they're going under. :D

[Barmy]

Add to that the 1.1million they paid for Hulse aswell.

Lets hope they fail miserably. :D

[jimmy]

FOOKING L33DSSCUM BASTARDS.I HAVE BEEN TOLD BATES IS GOING FOR BROKE,THEY ARE STILL MASSIVELY IN DEBT.A DIRECTOR OWED SEVERAL MILLION AT VILLA HAS CLAUSES WHERE IF THEY DONT PAY ON TIME THEY FACE A 2 MILLION POUND PENALTY SO FAR THEY HAVE MISSED TWO PAYMENTS ON TIME.THE INLAND REVENUE ARE STILL OWED MONEY AS ARE MANY OTHERS AND BATES AND THE CLUB ARE GOING THROWING TRANSFER MONEY ABOUT FOR FUN.IF THEY FAIL THIS TIME ROUND THE CLUB WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY FACE FINANCIAL MELT DOWN.CROWDS WILL DECREASE AT AN ALARMING RATE THIS SEASON IF THEY ARE MID TABLE OR BELOW.
wish this was a l33ds shirt or we could use it on them.lol

http://www.pompeytillidie.com/photos/scum%20gone.jpg.JPG

[Barmy]

I hate L33ds!!

http://www.unitedbands.com/bandPics/169.jpg
Not the only one there mate.

[kiko]

It might represent better business for Brum after they signed Pandiani and Forssell as well as having Morrison and Heskey, Blake would be a fringe player and it looks as though they've got about a mill..