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Adam Pope Shares What He Heard on Leeds Move for Gus Hamer

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Leeds United did not offer Joel Piroe to Sheffield United as part of a bid to sign Gustavo Hamer, according to journalist Adam Pope.

The Whites had an interest in Blades star Hamer towards the end of the transfer window, and had a £13million bid rejected by their Championship rivals before reports suggested that Dutch forward Piroe had been offered as a makeweight in the deal.

A deal never materialised, with Daniel Farke adding Ao Tanaka and Issac Schmidt as deadline day signings to go with a host of other arrivals as the 49ers were forced to rebuild the squad for the new season after several key stars moved on from Elland Road following their failure to return to the Premier League.

Leeds Deny Offering Joel Piroe

Adam Pope shares details of what he was told on situation

Joel Piroe

After losing Archie Gray and Glen Kamara from their midfield options to Tottenham and Rennes respectively, Daniel Farke made 27-year-old Hamer his prime target to bolster the midfield.

But after an initial bid was snubbed, reports emerged that the club had made an offer that would see Piroe move to Bramall Lane as part of a deal. Leeds denied it at the time, and Pope has now shared on the BBC’s ‘Dont Go To Bed Yet’ podcast that the leak came out as retaliation from the Blades.

“There’s a lot of dispute over the whole, they offered Joel Piroe. I think that was done to, if I’m being honest, it’s my opinion, I think that’s not true, from what I’ve been told.

“It was more done as a retaliation to disrupt. So I’m not, I’m not buying that.

“So I think they [Leeds] have fallen down there, and that’s what makes me, at the end of the window feel, like they haven’t got a prime target, if you like, to fill a really key position for him [Daniel Farke].”

Sheffield United were unhappy that Leeds were targeting a star player so late in the window, with GIVEMESPORT sources revealing that the midfielder was open to a move to Elland Road but the Blades’ asking price was seen as too high after they paid £15million to sign him from Coventry City just a year prior.

Hamer, who has been described as “phenomenal”, ended up not moving as a result and has so far registered two goals and one assist in four Championship appearances so far in 2024/25.

Hamer’s Premier League Statistics 2023/24

Appearances

36

Goals

4

Assists

6

Shots Per 90

1.52

Key Passes Per 90

2.17

Expected Assists Per 90

0.14

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