{"id":216633,"date":"2025-06-26T19:15:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/216633\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T19:15:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:15:19","slug":"leeds-and-rangers-transfer-agreement-mooted-as-bitter-truth-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/216633\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds and Rangers transfer agreement mooted as &#8216;bitter truth&#8217; emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Leeds-Rangers-Paarag-Marathe-1140x641.png\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Leeds United and Rangers have a new relationship.\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Credit: Imago)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ian-darke.png\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"MOT Leeds News speaking to Ian Darke\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Thu 26 June 2025 19:10, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds and Rangers should soon start to see the benefits of their relationship.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Whites are owned by <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/news\/elland-road-renaming-update-emerges-at-leeds-united-amid-49ers-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 49ers Enterprises group<\/a>, which have recently taken a 51 per cent controlling stake in the Scottish club with Andrew Cavenagh. <\/p>\n<p>Both sides need significant business this summer, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elland Road<\/a> outfit looking to survive in the Premier League and the Gers seeking to catch up with Celtic after a torrid campaign last time out. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Elland-Road-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Elland Road\" class=\"wp-image-192767\" \/>Significant business is expected in Yorkshire this summer. (Credit: Imago)<strong>Harrison to Rangers could be the start<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/49ers-set-to-end-jack-harrison-misery-with-perfect-rangers-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Harrison could leave Leeds<\/a> this summer, and a move to the Light Blues has been mooted for the former Everton loanee. <\/p>\n<p>Daily Record journalist Scott McDermott recently predicted Russell Martin\u2019s dream starting line-up at Ibrox and included the Peacocks ace on the right flank due to their new connection. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibroxnews.com\/2025\/06\/09\/jack-harrison-set-for-rangers-transfer-as-russell-martin-dream-starting-xi-emerges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ibrox News<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Iconic commentator Ian Darke believes that we could see deals between the two clubs this summer due to the new relationship.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to <strong>MOT Leeds News<\/strong>, he said: \u201cThe answer to that in one word is yes, they are easier deals to do, aren\u2019t they, because it is within the stable, so to speak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, they have got to tick the boxes so it is all done kosher, but yeah, that becomes a possibility for sure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou had almost forgotten that Jack Harrison was Leeds United\u2019s player. The bitter truth about Harrison in the Premier League is that he flatters to deceive a bit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got minutes in most of Everton\u2019s Premier League games this season, he has runs of starts, then runs where he was on the bench.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe figures are not on his side, put it that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jack-Harrisons-stats-Leeds-820x1024.png\" alt=\"Jack Harrison's stats away from Leeds United.\" class=\"wp-image-198523\" \/>Harrison\u2019s stats on loan at Everton. (Credit: Imago)<strong>Leeds need to get rid of Harrison at all costs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A deal to send Harrison to the Glasgow giants would be a brilliant outcome for <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/daniel-farke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Farke<\/a>\u2018s side. <\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old is expected to play nothing more than a bit-part role in LS11 next season, with additions expected on the wings ahead of the new campaign, with <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/exclusives\/frank-in-solomon-talks-amid-leeds-united-and-tottenham-transfer-twist-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manor Solomon potentially returning to Leeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An exit makes sense for both parties, and <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/paarag-marathe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paraag Marathe<\/a> sending him to the Gers is a sensible option; whether it happens remains to be seen, but there will likely be deals between the two sides shortly.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFloxY1SWsv0yud4k0u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MOT Leeds News WhatsApp channel<\/a> and turn on notifications to have all the latest, breaking Leeds United news sent straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago) Thu 26 June 2025 19:10, UK Leeds and Rangers should soon start to see the benefits&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[18024,748,393,4884,33762,1860,26575,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-216633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-jack-harrison","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-paraag-marathe","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114751270416619044","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216633","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=216633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}