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There’s plenty to ponder with frees

There’s plenty

Simon Grayson
FORMER BLACKPOOL, LEEDS AND PRESTON MANAGER

DANIEL Farke has made no secretoof his reluctance to dip into the free agent market, despite almost signing Cheikhou Kouyate.
I get where the Leeds manager is coming from. I only used it a few times but it was always a case of ‘needs must’. It wasn’t something I’d ever have done selectively, and that’s clearly the case at Leeds with both Ethan Ampadu and Ilia Gruev suffering long-term injuries.
As Daniel says, the big concern for any coach or manager is how much training a free agent has do...

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