{"id":393312,"date":"2025-09-03T01:21:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T01:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/393312\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T01:21:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T01:21:16","slug":"monster-patrick-bamford-wages-revealed-as-celtic-transfer-target-drops-cryptic-hint-over-unhappy-leeds-utd-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/393312\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Monster&#8217; Patrick Bamford wages revealed as Celtic transfer target drops cryptic hint over unhappy Leeds Utd exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bamford is a free agent after leaving the Elland Road club over the weekend and could be a late Hoops arrival under Brendan Rodgers<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_JS367280189.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Patrick Bamford<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Patrick Bamford was ushered out of <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/leeds-united-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds<\/a> due to the &#8220;monster&#8221; wage he was earning at Elland Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">That&#8217;s according to agent Jon Newsome, who can understand why the Yorkshire club were keen to get him off the books by agreeing a contract termination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Bamford is now a free agent and<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/celtic-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> Celtic<\/a> have made an approach over a potential <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-transfer-news\/patrick-bamford-celtic-transfer-enquiry-35836368\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">deal to take him to Parkhead as the Premiership champions scramble to sign more firepower <\/a>following a disastrous Deadline Day to round off a majorly underwhelming window.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However, if Newsome has his numbers right, then Bamford will have to settle for a major drop in salary if he is to become part of Brendan Rodgers&#8217; squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The BBC Radio Leeds pundit told the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/p0m08stn\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Don&#8217;t Go To Bed Just Yet podcast<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m sure Patrick is devastated, but I bet there is an element of relief\u201d, said Newsome, who is now a FIFA-registered agent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s had injuries, a bit of stick, and now he\u2019s got a fresh start.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cI do believe he was on monster money. I understand why the club let them go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">His claim that Bamford will be devastated at his Elland Road exit could have some truth in it going by the player&#8217;s own words after leaving the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Having spent the last seven years with Leeds, Bamford cryptically made reference to his exit was handled, admitting that it was too &#8220;raw&#8221; to get into the details of it just yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He said: \u201cAs many of you will have seen, my time at Leeds United has come to an end. I arrived here in 2018 a young lad and looking for a new challenge, and I found a new home here in Yorkshire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cThe club became a massive part of my world, and I tried to make you proud by doing the most I could on the pitch and also in the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;As in any walk of life, there have been challenges, and we&#8217;ve had our ups and downs as the song goes, but I&#8217;ve always felt strongly connected with both fans and the community. But as I leave here, I&#8217;m a married man to my beautiful wife, Michaela, and we have two beautiful girls who were born here in Yorkshire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cRight now, with the way it has come to an end and the way things have been handled recently, it&#8217;s all a little bit too raw to reflect on immediately, but I think in the years to come and further down the line, I&#8217;ll look back at this period of my life with nothing but joy, pride and be super happy with what I&#8217;ve achieved and the fact that I was able to wear this number nine shirt in front of you guys for this many years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">You can also share your thoughts in our <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/xd.wayin.com\/display\/container\/dc\/fd9cb3c4-c22b-40ed-8273-58e4cb2a57c4\/details\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 transfer window survey<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bamford is a free agent after leaving the Elland Road club over the weekend and could be a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,2628,7184,393,12901,4884,1860,24464,1638,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-393312","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-celtic-fc","10":"tag-celtic-transfer-news","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-english-football-league","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-leeds","15":"tag-leeds-united-fc","16":"tag-scottish-premiership","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115137746541781088","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393312","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=393312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}