05 Jun 2026 14:20:49
Karl Darlow expected to leave the club following an offer from Tottenham.
1.) 05 Jun 2026
05 Jun 2026 17:33:25
What offer?
Very bad news if true.
Likelihood rating 2/10.
2.) 05 Jun 2026
05 Jun 2026 18:32:38
That Spurs rumour has been bouncing around for a few days. If we make a fair offer, and he's our no. 1, he'll stay. He won't be no. 1 at Spurs. I think he's done enough this season to deserve a decent contract. He didn't start off as no. 1, but he didn't sulk, and he took the opportunity when it came.
3.) 05 Jun 2026
05 Jun 2026 19:55:04
He may not be number one at Spurs, but, if, as expected, we look for a new goalkeeper, he won't be number one here either. It will all come down to who offers him the most financially attractive deal. He's now 35, so his next deal, wherever it is, will likely be his last, certainly at Premier League level.
4.) 05 Jun 2026
05 Jun 2026 20:12:50
Doesn't matter if he's not number 1 at Spurs, at his age they'll defo be offering him more cash.
5.) 05 Jun 2026
05 Jun 2026 20:16:27
Leeds allegedly after a new gk, you say?
That would be ok if Leeds United recruitment were adept at doing so, but let's not forget, Underwood and Co brought us the most very underwhelming, at times calamitous, Lucas Perri last season, and for a large transfer fee.
I therefore have very little to zero confidence in them recruiting a good gk (s) this summer.
Darlow should defo remain Leeds United number 1 gk for the next 2 seasons, and as such, be rewarded with a very good new 2 year LUFC contract.
6.) 05 Jun 2026
05 Jun 2026 20:43:37
Agree, Baz. There's the old adages: 'better the devil you know' and 'if it's not broke, don't mend it'. Darlow has done ok, and where do you find a keeper for next to nothing? Trafford, Ramsdale, etc.
are £20m plus, and Pope is a cheaper alternative, but is he any better? If we want to get rid of Perri, which I don't, then keep Darlow, and get Dubravka for a small fee as no. 2.
7.) 05 Jun 2026
05 Jun 2026 20:48:19
Indeed Dune.
Both old adages apply here.
#very concerned. ?
8.) 06 Jun 2026
06 Jun 2026 09:33:28
Baz, so you don't think we can sign a good keeper even though 90% of our summer business was great?
9.) 06 Jun 2026
06 Jun 2026 10:58:51
PK, I have alluded to this before. Leeds United recruitment of gks in the recent past has been woeful, with the exception of Karl Darlow. It has been woeful, and Underwood, Marathe and Co continued that with signing Perri.
We have had
Perri, Meslier, Kiko, Klaessen and Wieldwald..
10.) 06 Jun 2026
06 Jun 2026 11:00:27
And steady on our summer business being 'great'.. It was overall quite good.
11.) 06 Jun 2026
06 Jun 2026 16:40:23
Funny ain't it that in years past we had some of the best goalkeepers around. David Harvey, David Stewart, John Lukic, Mervyn Day, Paul Robinson, Kasper Schmeichel, Paddy Kenny, Rob Green, plus the one that got away, David Seaman, and the best of the lot, Nigel Martyn.
12.) 06 Jun 2026
06 Jun 2026 17:39:15
Ten excellent Leeds United goalkeepers there JR (We're claiming Leeds United youth keeper David Seaman. He is proper Leeds, and has always been a huge Leeds United fan.)
Other talented Leeds United goalkeepers (apart from the obvious Gary Sprake) .
1) Neil Sullivan. very reliable and saved a lot of penalties for Leeds from memory.
2) Scott Carson had a good (ish) career.
And
3) A Leeds United goalkeeper before our time.
Called Jimmy Potts.
A giant of a goalkeeper, a very good shotstopper, with 71 clean sheets in 263 appearances, apparently.
13.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 09:29:17
I'd quite forgotten Neil Sullivan - another one to add to the list. Scott Carson was Ok, but always second fiddle to Robinson at Leeds, and never became numero uno anywhere. The mention of Paul Robinson reminded me of a League Cup game against Swindon in 2003. We were 2:1 down, going into added-on time, and the Swindon players were all getting ready to celebrate a giant killing.
Then Paul Robinson came up for a corner, scored a terrific headed goal to level the score, and then saved a pen in the subsequent shoot-out to win the tie. Norman Hunter was guest expert on BBC Radio Leeds that night, and his reaction to the goal was priceless.
14.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 13:10:54
Scott Carson, 469 appearances, JR.
15.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 13:53:20
Pretty sure Scott Carson was numero uno at Derby and West Brom.. probably others too as he has 469 appearances.
16.) 07 Jun 2026
07 Jun 2026 16:42:06
You're right about Scott Carson, Baz. Serve me right for relying on my dodgy memory. I remember people who play for Leeds better than those who play for other clubs.