Rumour mill update? All's well that ends Wells?
Bradford City's Bermudan international Nakhi Wells is apparently a £1m target for Leeds, Wolves and Huddersfield according to the Daily Mirror. Well's stunned Aston Villa during this weeks Capital One cup upsets.
No doubt our beloved neighbours will be anxious to cash in on him and be delighted to accept our money for one of their highly rated starlets? Personally I can't see him going anywhere until after the COC 2nd leg at Villa Park and if City do pull off another shock and get to Wembley he will be staying put.
The Sun reckon Rayo Vallecano's Brazil striker Leo Baptistao, 20, who is rated at £5million is a target for us! £5m are they having a laugh? Brighton are also being linked with him as are QPR, Liverpool and Scum (Manchester United).
If its a defender or specifically a left-back you think we need then how about Femi IIesanmi of Dagenham and Redbridge? Apparently the Southwark born 22 year old of Nigerian descent is a target for both us and Derby, so say the Daily Star. He is a former QPR junior so maybe this is where the link comes from? Why we would sign a lower league rookie left-back when Neil Warnock must be delighted with Lee Peltier's performances there this season? (as he keeps picking him) and we have Adam Drury kicking his heels in the background. Drury apparently was due to appear at the Billy's Bar carvery last Sunday which I'm sure is an opportunity he must have dreamt of before signing from Norwich!
However it does seem inevitable that Michael Tonge will return in a 2 1/2 year deal with Leeds having agreed a nominal fee with Stoke for what will be our second signing of the window following Ryan Hall's £150,000 switch from Southend.
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