Andrea Radrizzani interview: Leeds owner on Raphinha, Phillips, De Ketelaere and new signings
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- čas přidán 18. 05. 2024
- Leeds have made wholesale changes to their squad this summer with six new signings but Raphinha and Kalvin Phillips both departing. Owner Andrea Radrizzani joined David Ornstein and Phil Hay to lift the lid on Raphinha's sale to Barcelona, how close they came to signing Charles De Ketelaere and much more...
Read the full exclusive interview on The Athletic: theathletic.com/3474094/2022/...
00:00 The recruitment strategy
7:14 Raphinha, Barcelona and Chelsea
10:45 De Ketelaere pursuit
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Is the Leeds squad stronger or weaker than last season? 👇
A stronger squad and a style more suited to this league whether our fans like it or not
Stronger by far, Phillips didn't play much and didn't look the same player in the new system, and as good a Raffa is.. The strength in depth is far more important than one player in the long run.
Not “two of” but “the two” best players - can’t be good.
Stronger for sure.
Stronger
Leeds fans need to show more gratitude to Radz. He's done a lot for our club
to think that people want the man who brought our club out of the championship and brought bielsa to us gone is absolutely absurd to me. Hes given more than we have gotten from a lot of owners over the last 20 years. So i for one am grateful hes our owner
Spot on. Just remember the days when that nutter Cellino was in charge , or that absolute ar*ewipe Bates who always put themselves before the best interests of the club. Radz, his wife and their whole behind the scenes team have never let Leeds down yet. I hope we get a statue of him put up at some point he deserves it.
He’s done a lot of good but he’s also made a lot of mistakes too. The badge drama for example where he and the club selected a hideous new badge despite amazing fan made designs all over social media. Although granted he did have wisdom to drop the design once fans started complaining and kicking off.
Sometimes I think he is a little too invested in the Leicester City model. Of course we’ll never keep every great player but I don’t think it’s been wise to sell two of our best in one window as it’s always hit or miss whether new bodies will blood in to the PL well even if the transfer dealings themselves have admittedly been pretty good overall.
And sacking Bielsa was somewhat unfair as well I think Bielsa deserved to see the season out. We wasn’t even in the relegation zone at that point and he was sacked during a tough period when Leeds faced some of the biggest clubs in the league. Jesse did a good job following but I think it’s quite likely Leeds under Marcelo would also have escaped relegation.
I mean I still love radz like but he’s not infallible by any measure either and he ultimately needs the fans to check his power and ensure he’s continues to act in the clubs best interests.
We do, what are you talking about??
I would have Sold Phillips, he was nowhere the best player at leeds last season, he was injured most of the end, Harrison, with Aaronson , will work well, Raphinha yes it will be a loss, Bielsa found him like he found Messi!!!
this is so refreshing to watch. You’ll never see an owner be this open and honest about his ideas. I’ve seen a lot of hate for him but he’s a much better owner than majority of the league
I know people are frustrated with him at times, but how anyone can have hate for what he's done is beyond me. He's the best owner we've had in eons. Even if he does eventually sell the club to the 49ers I'll be thankful for him even being here in the first place. It brought us out of the absolute doldrums.
I like Radz. He is honest and likable. Sure he has made mistakes....but he wants what is best for us. Which is more than you can say for a lot of owners.
Absolutely this, his hearts always been in the right place. I think overall what he's creating is Brilliant. a sustainable premier league club.
I agree, he has done a lot for lufc. Thanks Radz
100 pct agree
Thanks to pat I managed to sit two seats away from this guy ,he was absolutely crazy he lived every kick of the match when we scored he ran around like a lunatic almost knocked Eddie gray over and picked up one of Philips relatives oh he loves this club
Completely agree mate
I respect what he said about feeling shame about going back to Chelsea after they already agreed a deal he is right, agents have too much power in football and Barcelona are taking the piss buying these players
when they owe so many wages, shouldn't be allowed to happen . If I was a Leeds fan I’d be happy this man was my owner he seems very open and friendly when talking about the club and serious when it comes to doing the best for Leeds and improving the club. great interview would love to see something like this with Todd boehly once this crazy transfer window is over!
I agree, he seems to have the best intentions for Leeds.
The simple fact that you guys still want owners is the problem..
Bunch of backwards caveman!
Barca beat everyone in the transfer market and now the British media narratives
British media ruin the world. Russian will run out of bombs Puiin is sick blah blah blah
And you idiots still fall for the same nonsense. Lies lies and more lies
As an LUFC supporter of 59 years I am happy he us up there with the best owners we have ever had MOT
You guys have a lot of balls telling us how to run a club after just about not being relegated last year XD Fucking nobodies 🤣🤣🤣
Andrea has the interests of our club at heart. And I can't think of a better person to build #LUFC ....High five Radz
He speaks brilliantly. Refreshing to see an owner so informed, honest and astute.
Raphina & Phillips cost Leeds £20 million, because of their stance, doing deals with specific clubs.
Both Phillips and Raphina were worth £50 million plus, and fans blamed the club for selling at a lower price.
Leeds were put into an intolerable positions by players and agents!!
Leeds had to agree fees with clubs who held the whip hand.
I am so glad Mr Radz' has confirmed this.
We move on!!
MOT!!!
Kinears interview on the square ball podcast, shed some more light on the structure of the deals. He said that both city and Barcelona deals are upfront payments not installments, which basically means the value is higher as if the payments are spread out, the inflation means they get less value and can reinvest in the squad, which in turn creates means better players whose value increase quicker. It's a smart strategy especially when the players are in the last two years of their contracts. I'm glad though that radz is smart enough to know we need this strategy now but not for forever.
What a great interview with an owner who is open about the on-goings at his club. Very refreshing to see.
Feel really grateful to have such a great owner at the helm. Remember what he took over, and look where he is now. Outstanding job. Thanks Andrea.
That said yes he as done good but mad a big big mistake last season and we was very lucky to get away with staying up so as long as he learns from this then that's all we can ask for and invest at the rights times of season
Amazing owner. Clear vision. Realistic ambition.
this is very great interview. Very eye opening and refreshing to see this
This is another British media propaganda against Barca.
The producers of this program are lazy and know the agenda.
Lol let me guess Putin is sick and Russia is running out of bombs?
Lol production team are weak and lazy.
He's got to be one of the best owners in the league. I'm sure last season was a wake up call. He will invest and structure the club in a sustainable way and I also think he will have realised Bielsa"s view of only wanting to work with a small squad is something he won't get talked into again. I like the guy and feel confident he's only got the clubs best interests at heart.
Bielsa wanted players. Radz wouldn't buy them.
Wish mufc had owners like him.He seems to be a great human being.
Leeds are really lucky.
Great interview. No Leeds fan should be unhappy with what he said
The only thing that makes me unhappy , is the fact that Barcelona was going behind Leeds back , and making negotiations with Raphinia himself . Disgusting behaviour from both Barca and Raphinia .
got to respect him for admitting he waited too long to bid on de ketelaere, regarding kalvin wish him all the best but he was never as loyal as people made out, he wanted the villa move and only stayed for family
We were never going to get him should of moved on from him instead of wasting weeks
Never got the hatred for him from some little crevices of our fanbase. Always seems to work in our interest and has always been honest.
That small part of our fanbase is pure cancer. They only have a voice these days because of Twitter, but you never hear or see them at Elland Road.
Andrea has brought us this far. I'm looking forward to the future
I love this man, Radz is a class act. He's honest and transparent with a balanced approach to business and football. As a LUFC fan I think we are very lucky to have him, and when he moves on I hope the new majority owners (more than likely 49ers) are as good.
Fair play to Radz for doing an open interview and (seemingly) being honest. I can’t imagine many other owners doing that
what an amazing interview. thank you for the insight team at Athletic. Really makes me proud to be a Leeds fan with a great / insightful / prudent owner.
At least he is letting us know what is going on in our club,,, we are happy as supporters to have him...
Andrea is the best person to take our Great club to the next level with out any doubt.. MOT
Nice to see an owner come out and be so honest and open, top guy Radz!
aye best owner since Leslie Silver - i wish we'd buy a left back though!
Great interview and a real coup for you to get this time with Andrea. He is refreshingly honest and open which is very unusual for an owner of a Premier League football club. My respect for Andrea has gone up a level after seeing this and it was already high.
I respect what he said about feeling shame about going back to Chelsea after they already agreed a deal he is right, agents have too much power in football and Barcelona are taking the piss buying these players when they owe so many wages, shouldn’t be allowed to happen . great interview would love to see something like this with Todd boehly once this crazy transfer window is over.
I love Radz but I'd take that comment with a pinch of salt. I wonder if he feels any shame over Jean-Kevin Augustin
@@philip3060 Leeds had an agreement that passed with Covid on buying him though. Is it a technicality? Yes..but in business you take advantage of the contracts you sign.
Lol, British fans still won’t accept that Barca is bigger than any EPL team… lol
Players want Barca!
@@realtalkbarca6764 hopefully they’ll cough up the money to pay the clubs they’ve bought from. If not they won’t be anywhere near the big clubs in the premier league.
@@realtalkbarca6764 Barca & La Liga are finished. PL draws 2 times the TV money as La liga & its gonna grow bigger. No one is gonna care about your dusted league & club in a decade.
A man with a plan , sure he might make mistakes ,but most decisions are rational but do not completely discard the heart ,which is something you can admire
Between Radz and Jesse, are we the most open and honest club in the Prem?
Class act, the both of them.
Fair enough last season wasn’t great, I’m sure they wanted to bring in more players but under Bielsa it worked before so I understand why they didn’t. Think about where we where before Radz come in, he’s completely transformed the club.
All makes sense. He's been a great owner for Leeds, truly outstanding jobl
What has he won? Why is losing good leadership?
Play football to win trophies 🏆
@@realtalkbarca6764 Barca should be relegated with their debt. They are allowed to sign players yet can’t pay the players they currently have.
@@realtalkbarca6764 he got us back in the prem, and kept us in it(lucky some would say) ,,,, just go back to your corrupt club,,,, imagine having less money than a club that just stayed in the Premier league on the final day of the season 🤣
@@realtalkbarca6764 got Leeds back into the Prem after 15 years. Massive achievement considering how poor we were before Radz/Bielsa.
Wow, absolutely floored by this guy! What a great owner Andrea seems to be, knows how to close a deal and lead a club with VISION! Hope Todd Boehly is taking notes.
the Amazon prime video series on Leeds United is really good and worth a watch-- shows a lot about the inner workings of the club
A great honest interview, lucky to have him
Radz has brought LUFC a long way he has more or less achieved the goals and milestones he set when he took over yes he has made some mistakes but this happens at every club and with every business I have been an LUFC supporter for 59 years and he is up there with the best we have had and for those people who attack him just remember where we were as a club before he came in this is real life not some sort of play station game
Im sure Leeds fans are grateful for this guy. Open and honest. Respect. From an Arsenal Fan.
I would say the squad as i see it now can only get stronger as the current players begin to gel together. It was nice to hear first hand how much of a gent and a man of honour radz is and how he does buisness and that he can see the issues and plans in place tro deal with those issues.
radz has brought us a million miles from where we were and as a leeds fan will show him much grattitude for bringing us out of the darkness after so long in the wilderness.
Wow! Best interview I’ve seen from an owner period. Arsenal fan here
I very rarely comment on youtube but couldn't hold myself back. This has to be one of the most genuine interviews I have seen from the owner of a club and I am not a Leeds fan. Specially the part where he says he is proud of the fact that other players may see this a stepping stone to move to bigger clubs. How many owners will have the guts to say that when apart from may be 3-4 club in PL, all clubs are in that position. It's like a breath of fresh air. Well done Athletic and Well done Radz !!!
Great interview there. Well done lads defo need a LB and striker like everyone says but I'm happy with what we have atm great business has been done
what an interview, beautiful insight
these two videos with Andrea Radrizzani are very informational as Premier League fan. Thank you so much.
Great interview that clarifies what's happened.
It's good to see the owner talking frankly about the club and the future. I had been convinced that he was right for Leeds when he took over and he achieved great things. We are now entering the next phase of consolidation and evolving to cement our place in the PL.
At least he's got a realistic plan which is more than some previous owners had.
He's definitely still right for the club.
So it's true. For all the heartache and hard work, it's Agents who really rule our teams.
Radz is the man, no matter what anyone says! He will only do good by Leeds in the long run 💪
Brilliant interview
Fair play to the owner there. Not many open enough to expose themselves to extra criticism. Should be encouraged and supported when it happens. Not a Leeds fan but very interesting, nice work
Never once has he taken his eye off the prize.. Leeds must stay in the Premier league, and the money spent and ambition makes a great change from the previous owners and there lack of spending. He has and still is a breath of fresh air. Keep strong and moving forward. LEEDS LEEDS LEEDS
I really think Radrizzani is a great owner. His thought process and transparency in sharing his plan is incredibly interesting. His honesty in admitting mistakes but building on what he learns is refreshing. I really wish that 'Take us home" was still being filmed.
this guy seems such a cool down to earth club owner, I like him already without even being a leeds fan
Rad a real Legend at
Leeds!! i love his loyalty.
We all love Leeds!!
Aaronson is going to be the next Raphina!!
They are building a club safely unlike many previous Leeds United owners
Ladies and gentlemen this is a good chairman !
Who loves the club and the fans
It takes a brave and clever man to make the hard choices !!
Bravo I wish we had a chairman like this at our club 👍🏻.
Radz seems like a cool guy you could have a beer with and talk football all day.
Wow. Phenomenal content. Thank you, thank you, thank you
Radz has certainly put us back were we belong after 03-04 if we had a chairman like him years before he took over we would have returned much earlier no mention of him selling rest of the club to the 49ers which is definitely supposedly be by the end of the coming season,hope we do bring in a few more we can't gamble again with our future,
Best chairman we've had let's face it, but....think we still need a player or 2 hopefully Perkins and greenwood can add some goals if we don't bring anyone
Amazing interview
Leeds fans should be happy to have such precise man leading the club
What a top-class man to have as chairman. Excellent interview. Leeds great adversaries at Old Trafford would love to have somebody of this calibre at the helm rather than the fourth raters who own the club and administer it on their behalf.
Seems a very genuine guy... He has a long term plan for Leeds.
Great interview 👍
As much as Bielsa have done... This man have done a notch more.
We are SO lucky to have This guy. He loves the Club, he likes the Job, and he is fucking SMART. He uses his brain the correct way.
Such an honest guy
Amazing, absolutely fascinating. Love it. Love him. MOT
Great interview lads
Good that. No complaining from me. We’ve reinforced well. Last season’s run in might not have happened if half the squad weren’t injured, so I don’t blame ownership for the squad size last year. Supported MB, support JM. Success of the past doesn’t reappear overnight.
Leeds fans, you're fortunate to have a owner like him 👍
Love his honesty
class interview!
Gelhardt is my favourite one, can't wait to see him next 2-3 year play for big team
CDK would’ve been perfect, it’s a shame we couldn’t get it done. It would be nice to see a marquee signing come in of similar quality to CDK to fill the obvious void at ST, imo is more important than LB because Struijk and Hjelde can play there & Bamford remaining injury clear is not guaranteed- without an out and out number 9 we will struggle for goals.
Great owner u have to respect Radz
Sinestera is a class addition. I think leeds will finish at least in 12th place. People who think they are going down will eat their word in may
around the 2:30 mark, does he say we bought a talent from Spain last year or did he say we signed a player from spain, and then say a players name? I don't recall seeing any news of a spanish academy player coming in since Matteo Joseph?
Is there a full interview available?
I think this makes sense. Become a club that talent wants to go to create a reputation, establish yourself and then try to push on.
Quality Radz 💪
Love radi lot people forget what he already put into the club to where we are after the last owners for me to get rid of raphinna an kalvin they deserved to follow there dreams plus it give us a break to strengthen the team the leeds fans could never thank radi enough 🙏💛💙mot
Refreshing to hear his rationale behind some of the decisions. "Why keep him in a cage? Raphinha can be top 20 player in the world"
As a Chelsea fan, I'll say fair play to Radrizzani and no hard feelings about Raphinha. From everything I saw during that time, I thought the onus of the breakdown of that deal was on Raphinha and Deco, glad to have the confirmation now. I'm sure Boehly and Co. feel similarly, hopefully we'll do good business together in the future.
Nice need more things like this
Very insightful..
Radz is spot on and it's something I had to come to grips with with Phillips. I wanted Kalvin Phillips to be the man to take this team to Europe in 5 years time. But to say to a player who has the capability of playing for one of the best teams in the world that he is to stay at Leeds, a team that survived relegation by one game last season, is just cruel. He and Raphinha gave us promotion, 2 years in the EPL and nearly £100m in sell on fees - they can go and fulfill their dreams, for me they've earned it.
Leeds fans need to recognise where our club is. We're not of the standard of Barca, Real Madrid, Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham etc.. and the best way to get up there is to trade up. Fans conflating trading up with selling up just don't understand that there's a clear difference - the money is clearly being reinvested. Sinnisterra will hopefully be the next Raphinha and we'll see another evolution in the clubs finances with players like him. If we keep being smart, eventually players will want to come to stay, but we're not there yet - as painful as it is to see these great players go.
It was nice to see this video because now I guess he’s let all of us Leeds fans the plan of the club and why he didn’t really spend as much money last season, yes it was a huge risk because we almost went down BUT I would rather have a chairman who is planning for long term success not short term success like our previous chairman’s, he’s a proper business man so I would hate to see him fully sell and leave the club
Power should always be in the hand of the player
Squad will be stronger with another striker. Good interview
I don’t think we need a striker definitely need a left back
Well that went well !
Interesting wish we buy gakpo and a left bk tho
Did I miss the comment on Elland Road expansion? I heard him say we need to expand, but absolutely no time frame or urgency for it it seems?
well if we went down i don't think we'd be able to fill out, so i think he wants to become established in prem first
@@robnoble8897 I think we would be able to, the dropped attendances were after a long period of back to back to back negative situations. I don’t blame some fans for saying “fuck this”. But also, if we are to ensure the next generation of Leeds fans for many years to come, they need to be able to get into Elland Road…as it stands ST holders are of the older generations, and there’s very few numbers of opportunities for the young fans to come to ER each week, we need to get them locked into Leeds asap before they become disillusioned and fuck off to the SUPER teams.
@@robnoble8897 agreed keep investing in the team get higher up league finishes then expand you don’t expand a ground when you have a possibility of going down. Also think your right the ground wouldn’t be selling out if we went back down. Invest more in players so far we’ve had a net spend of practically 0 what happened to going big on transfers in the 3rd season granted we’ve brought some in but money spent has been recouped by selling our 2 best players… get hand in pocket radz and bring in another 3-4
What Razz meant wasn't quite clear. He seemed to concede that more seats would help with top line revenues for the club, without committing himself as you noted. There seems to be an appreciation that additional ticket price rises (there's a limit) is not the way forward ... which is good news. MOT
@@MartinCanada The Square Ball are interviewing Angus Kinnear this morning I believe. I’m hoping he’ll offer more insight into the specifics of the expansion.
Much stronger and deeper squad now. Not a good question really. 😂
Football fans like interview like this
Please do interview with Fosun (wolves owners)
and do interview with Bloom (Brighton's owner)
Forget Moggi as "Transfer Guru", Laporta broker massive deals, all with installments, still not paid yet, while on huge debt. Idk about Xavi's influence, but Laporta exploit Barca's worldie name to attract players really well, to the extend they force the move while their club had better deal elsewhere. Crazy.
If your best players are injured hence the dip in form and then sold are in cloud are you loco?
No he is not loco - he is a credit to his mother and LUFC... still don't think he should have sold his two best players.
Love Radz
Just cause we invested over £250 mill doesn't mean we have recruited greeat. That is why we are towards the bottom end of the table. For every Meslier, Gelhardt, Rapha there is a Rodrigo, Costa, Dan James. We need to be recruiting at better level to be mid table team. Huge season this year, I think this summer was the best we have done in recruitment.
And yet barely any net spend. Most transfers are covered by sales not investment. The LB situation and not getting a striker especially is negligent but the other signings I have to say do look good value for money. Aaronson and Roca will change things massively in the middle of the park.
We certainly followed the Leicester model. to the Championship
September 2nd 2022 pay day..... We are actively watching
He loves charles de ketelaere!
Ok so sign a left back and a goalkeeper and we can look forward to the season
The squad is stronger, the team is weaker. Hope for a better season than last year though as surely we can't have the same level of injuries again (famous last words). MOT
We’ve already got cooper ayling dallas forshaw firpo injured so that’s 5 already granted 2 were from last season but we are already totting up injuries squad is still light in terms of good depth i don’t class poor players as depth example forshaw klich poor players there are back ups for roca and adams massivley worrying