{"id":335321,"date":"2025-08-11T09:03:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/335321\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T09:03:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:03:16","slug":"ray-parlour-and-ally-mccoist-urge-leeds-united-to-sign-35-year-old-who-has-just-left-premier-league-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/335321\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Parlour and Ally McCoist urge Leeds United to sign 35-year-old who has just left Premier League club"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leeds United have one week to sign some players in time for their first Premier League match of the season, with the club still in the market for several new signings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beren Cross says Leeds are eyeing four new additions<\/a>. Replacements for Isaac Schmidt who is set to go when a new full-back is signed, a replacement for Manor Solomon, a starting striker and a new no.10.<\/p>\n

Mateo Joseph and Joe Gelhardt were both confirmed as leaving the club on loan over the weekend, with Joseph joining La Liga side Real Mallorca while Gelhardt has returned to Hull for the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n

It leaves Daniel Farke<\/a> with just two options up top going into the first game of the season, in the form of Lukas Nmecha and Joel Piroe. Leeds<\/a> need a new striker or two going into the Premier League<\/a> campaign.<\/p>\n

\"AllyPhoto by Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty ImagesAlly McCoist and Ray Parlour urge Leeds to sign Michail Antonio<\/p>\n

Michail Antonio<\/a> has been made a free agent at West Ham, with his exit officially confirmed last week. The 35-year-old leaves The Hammers after 10 years at the club, in which he clocked up a huge 323 outings.<\/p>\n

\"RayPhoto by Christopher Lee\/Getty Images for Powerleague <\/p>\n

In that time, Antonio has gone from joining as a winger from Nottingham Forest, converted into a right-back before being made a target man. The Jamaica international\u2019s physicality is a key trait he uses well.<\/p>\n

But now without a club, Antonio is looking for a new home. On TalkSPORT (11\/08, 7.50AM), Ray Parlour and Ally McCoist played \u2018Transfer Tinder\u2019 in which they would swipe right on a player joining a new club.<\/p>\n

\"MichailPhoto by Charlie Crowhurst\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Asked if they would \u2018swipe right\u2019 on a move to Leeds for Antonio, Parlour said: \u201cIt\u2019s a no-brainer. He\u2019s got all the experience, he can probably help young players. 15, 20 minutes off the bench. I\u2019m going right.\u201d<\/p>\n

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McCoist continued, agreeing with Parlour: \u201cI\u2019m swiping right as well. I saw him yesterday. He looks extremely fit, I actually think the Leeds fans would really like him. Leeds fans would really take to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why Michail Antonio could be a key addition, for one season<\/p>\n

Leeds are lacking in options up top and the club do need to be quick to bring in a striker before Everton next Monday. But is signing a 35-year-old veteran, who is no stranger to injury, really the right move?<\/p>\n

Antonio, of course, is fit again after a horrific car crash last season. It is unclear if that injury will have any lasting damage on the Europa Conference League winner, but his numbers suggest a deal makes sense.<\/p>\n

Antonio\u2019s stats in the Premier League:<\/strong><\/p>\n\nName<\/strong><\/td>\nClubs in PL<\/strong><\/td>\nGames<\/strong><\/td>\nMinutes<\/strong><\/td>\nGoals<\/strong><\/td>\nAssists<\/strong><\/td>\nMinutes per G+A<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nMichail Antonio<\/td>\nWest Ham<\/td>\n268<\/td>\n19086<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n183.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Antonio is a game changer. A player that can make something happen out of nothing, running the channels and putting his body on the line. Leeds want physicality and Antonio embodies that approach.<\/p>\n

But most importantly, this is a player with huge Premier League experience. Five of Leeds\u2019 seven signings have never played in the Premier League, Nmecha has only played twice. Antonio adds key experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United have one week to sign some players in time for their first Premier League match of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[12631,748,393,4884,1860,80318,120040,100,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-335321","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-ally-mccoist","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-michail-antonio","14":"tag-ray-parlour","15":"tag-transfer-news","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115009330024985341","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335321","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=335321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}