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Report details why Leeds United won’t complete Buffon or Payet deals

It has bee♒n transfer silly season for Leeds 𝓀United fans over the weekend, with rumours abounding that Leeds want both Dimitri Payet and Gianluigi Buffon

.’ when reporting that Leeds h༒ad an interest in French international playmaker Payet.

Then, s🎃uggesting that Leeds United were looking into the signature of Italian goalkeeping legend Gianluigi 𝓰Buffon.

Bo✨th seemed far-fetched but, the longer they lingered, the more some Leeds fans might have just started to believe.

𓄧Payet, for example, is a Marcelo Bielsa dis𝓀ciple. It was the Argentine that took him to the highest level of his game. Why would he not fancy a reunion?

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Buffon is a free agent. Leeds have recently been linked with the Qatari money that lured the World Cup winner to PSG. Maybe there is som🌟e truth in this?

Of course, the sensible vast majority kne෴w always that these links should be taking with a pinch of salt.

why these transfers ‘will simply never happen’ at Elland Road. The whole report is worth a read🧸 but the basics of it are simple. Even if Buffon or Payet did want the move, Leeds simply could not afford to pay big wages on short-term contracts.

Leeds fans likely never took either rumour seriously. It is deals like thi♒s that can end up sinking a club financially.

Hopefully, Leeds can start bringing in new affordable recruits in thꦆe weeks to come.