Ken Bates "offered Beckford twice this season"

[foxesfan1989]

That is what he is claiming at least!

http://www.leeds.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=280556

We all know Bates is a stirrer and a fool, but what do we think? Is this true?

[dannythefox]

It wouldn't surprise me he's not the sort of player Pearson would go for.

[Jace]

Maybe Everton offered Beckford back to Leeds?

[leicesterisme]

It wouldn't surprise me he's not the sort of player Pearson would go for.

I'm sure in Pearson's first spell with us we were after Beckford?

I could have been dreaming though.

[cc_star]

It wouldn't surprise me he's not the sort of player Pearson would go for.

Yet he's picked him all the time after initially bringing him on as sub or subbing him... he really seems to have worked with him to get his head in the game and they celebrate Beckford's goals together in a way that suggest they get on really well.

I can see Beckford leaving though, his wages could be a barrier to brining a couple of other players in should FFP hinder that.

[ajthefox]

Wouldn't be too far fetched but I'm not going to believe because that's what Bates says.

[dave the caveman]

He's just trying to stir shit about his rivals ahead of next season. Very weak standard of mindgames.

[accessory]

And who are Leeds playing this weekend?

Nothing more than pathetic mind games. (typed before seeing the post above)

Once he heard of the wages Beckford would want to even think about a move back, he'd probably run a mile!

[champions 08/09]

It wouldn't surprise me he's not the sort of player Pearson would go for.

i think he put a bid in for him when we were going for people like simon cox

then he went to everton

[Jace]

I don't think Pearson has a problem with Beckford if he wanted to offload him it would be because of his wages and not because of his performance this season

[Bettsj2]

Of course he was sweets.

Ken Bates talks nearly as much bullshit as Alan Young.

[ta-fc]

Bates is a cretin!

[Smudge]

[yorkie1999]

Bit of a daft thing for bates to say about wanting to move forward because if i was beckford i'd want to try and score a hattrick and show him how leeds have moved forward..

[Vardinhio]

As Leeds don't even have the money to retain their own players I very much doubt they would ever have even considered signing JB, Leicester would know that too.

[Guest]

I bet he's been offered a punch in the face considerably more frequently than that this season

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

It wouldn't surprise me he's not the sort of player Pearson would go for.

I swear we were linked with Beckford during Pearson's first reign?

[davieG]

This was doing the rounds during the January window,it's not even news.

[Houdini Logic]

Looks like one of those late night Channel 4 programs I watch when I'm pissed

[Smudge]

Looks like one of those late night Channel 4 programs I watch when I'm pissed

Yes but do you think Yoko a nicer looking mountain?

[FrankieADZ]

poor old Uncle Ken..someone from the home should really monitor what he says. ::

[Happy Fox]

Ken Bates is the biggest bullshitter since John Prescott.

[Captain...]

It certainly wouldn't surprise me if Beckford was touted around a bit in the January window seeing as he will be on decent wages and wasn't really performing, it's clear the wage bill had to be cut.

It wouldn't be NP phoning up bates it would be some one like Neville just testing the water, probably based on the fact he was linked with Leeds before we signed him. I wouldn't doubt that these kind of conversations go on all the time between football clubs, but most people have the class not to bring it up in the press.

[leicesterlad1989]

Ken Bates is a fcking cnut face anyway. Bollock face..

[accessory]

Ken Bates is the biggest bullshitter since John Prescott.

Bigger even than Nick Clegg?