{"id":164403,"date":"2025-06-07T01:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T01:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/164403\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T01:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T01:25:10","slug":"brighton-have-made-leeds-united-look-silly-as-9-6m-verbal-agreement-reached-after-georginio-rutter-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/164403\/","title":{"rendered":"Brighton have made Leeds United look silly\u00a0as\u00a0\u00a39.6m ‘verbal agreement’ reached\u00a0after Georginio Rutter deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leeds United could have probably planned Georginio Rutter\u2019s exit from Elland Road a bit better.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leeds<\/a> ultimately signed Rutter<\/a> for \u00a335m, only for Brighton to take the Frenchman off their hands for \u00a35m profit.<\/p>\n

It seems his move has worked, with Pep Guardiola praising Rutter\u2019s first season<\/a>, as the forward will no doubt be missed by Daniel Farke<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Whites could no doubt do with a player like the 24-year-old next season, which they could\u2019ve done if promotion was secured in 2024.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s made the impact Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler needed, but the Whites have now been left with even more egg on their face after the deal.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Harry Langer\/DeFodi Images via Getty ImagesBrighton close to signing former Leeds United target Azzedine Ounahi<\/p>\n

Many Leeds fans will remember the January 2023 transfer window when the Whites were trying to sign Moroccan star Azzedine Ounahi<\/a>, who tore up opposition midfields in the 2022 World Cup.<\/p>\n

Leeds ended up bidding for Ounahi<\/a>, who looked to be a promising asset coming to Yorkshire with the Whites hanging on in the top flight.<\/p>\n

However, Ounahi opted for a move to Marseille<\/a> instead, which didn\u2019t work out for the 25-year-old, who now finds himself in Greece with Panathinaikos.<\/p>\n

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This is relevant now as Foot Mercato<\/a> are now reporting that Brighton are close to a \u2018verbal agreement\u2019 for the attacking midfielder with a fee of \u00a39.6m stated, just under \u00a38m less than what Leeds were going to pay.<\/p>\n

However, something Leeds planned in the past makes this deal so much more embarrassing for the Whites.<\/p>\n

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Leeds structured Rutter\u2019s \u00a335m move to sign Ounahi in 2023<\/p>\n

With the Moroccan now finally set for his Premier League<\/a> move, it was quite surprising he didn\u2019t pick Leeds at the time.<\/p>\n

The Whites might have dodged a bullet after his time with Marseille, but the midfielder has improved drastically in Greece, giving reason why the Seagulls want his signature.<\/p>\n\n\nOunahi\u2019s statistics for Panathinaikos in 24\/25 season<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGames played<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGoal involvements<\/td>\n9 (5G+4A)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nPass accuracy %<\/td>\n85.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDuels won<\/td>\n131<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nFouls won per 90<\/td>\n2.60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

But what makes this move disappointing for the Whites is that Leeds structured Rutter\u2019s signing off Ounahi\u2019s possible arrival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This means that the club didn\u2019t want to pay \u2018so much up front\u2019 for Rutter to save funds for Ounahi, but the Moroccan never ended up joining in that window.<\/p>\n

In the long term, this could\u2019ve saved Leeds more money instead of paying installments for Rutter, who eventually left to sign at Brighton for minimal profit. <\/p>\n

Now, both the Frenchman and Ounahi could both be donning the Brighton strip to Leeds\u2019 dismay.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United could have probably planned Georginio Rutter\u2019s exit from Elland Road a bit better. Leeds ultimately signed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[68922,748,393,68923,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-164403","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-azzedine-ounahi","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-georginio-rutter","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114639478805641360","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}