{"id":571206,"date":"2025-11-15T03:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/571206\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T03:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:37:14","slug":"leeds-united-have-just-indirectly-been-involved-in-the-most-shocking-transfer-since-carlos-tevez-to-man-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/571206\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United have just indirectly been involved in the most shocking transfer since Carlos Tevez to Man City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The transfer window does not open until January 1st, but Leeds fans still watched a deal materialise on Thursday as Patrick Bamford joined Sheffield United.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Due to his status as a free agent after departing Elland Road<\/a> in August, the England international was able to join a new club outside of the transfer window.<\/p>\n

It signals a surprise move for Patrick Bamford<\/a> given his history with Chris Wilder, and on that note, there is a case for this deal genuinely rivalling Carlos Tevez joining Manchester City in terms of absurdity.<\/p>\n

Patrick Bamford to Sheffield United is a bizarre move for Leeds United fans to witness<\/p>\n

Many people seem to be glossing over just how mind-boggling this transfer truly is.<\/p>\n

Wilder began the feud back in the 2018\/19 campaign, calling Bamford a \u201cmuppet\u201d after the striker and Adam Forshaw tried to put pressure on Sheffield United in the promotion battle.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThe results we\u2019ve had, one defeat in thirteen.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve got muppets from Leeds talking about pressure on us. Bamford and Forshaw and a couple of others, and it\u2019s over to you and this, that and the other.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve been beaten seven times since Christmas, we\u2019ve been beaten once. We\u2019ve set it up from Christmas to be in the race and steamrolled it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The spat reared its ugly head last season after Leeds beat Sheffield United to automatic promotion.<\/p>\n

Bamford \u2013 who spent time at Coventry<\/a> lately \u2013 was memorably filmed starting a derogatory chant against the Blades boss, singing \u201cWilder is a w*****\u201d as players and fans celebrated promotion.<\/p>\n

Not only that, but Sheffield United even opted to sack the 58-year-old in June as Ruben Selles arrived in his place.<\/p>\n

\"ChrisPhoto by Carl Recine\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Spaniard was swiftly handed his P45 after just three months having lost the first six Championship games of the season, and Wilder was promptly rehired in September.<\/p>\n

For the Sheffield United boss to now find himself 22nd in the Championship and having to reach out to Bamford for help<\/a> \u2013 the very man who publicly insulted him \u2013 makes this transfer one of the most remarkable moves in recent history.<\/p>\n

How does Patrick Bamford to Sheffield United compare to Manchester City signing Carlos Tevez?<\/p>\n

As aforesaid, this deal rivals Tevez\u2019s move to the Etihad Stadium back in July 2009 in terms of shock factor.<\/p>\n

Despite spending two years on loan at Manchester United, the Argentine famously rejected the offer of a five-year deal to instead join bitter rivals Manchester City in a \u00a325.5m move.<\/p>\n

It sent shockwaves through English football and kickstarted a new era for the Citizens, who have since outclassed Manchester United emphatically with seven Premier League titles since 2012, compared to just one from the Red Devils.<\/p>\n

While that was undoubtedly a surprising development, it actually pales in comparison to Bamford now teaming up with Wilder given their colourful history. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The transfer window does not open until January 1st, but Leeds fans still watched a deal materialise on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,2924,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-571206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-patrick-bamford","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115551630361739414","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571206","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=571206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}