Quote ="WirralViking"As you may gather we are delighted with him and would love to hang on to him, although contractually that would seem unlikely. Speaking of which is he contracted for another 3 years after this one with you?
We are naturally a bit baffled by the 3 way move, which saw Moore effectively sacked by us and then immediately picked up by Huddersfield (albeit only until the end of the season), this sent Lunt on his way to you (who to me seemed a better all round player than Moore), which eventually allowed McShane to come to us, although I know his original destination was to be London.
Given our overall quality is somewhat below yourselves and Huddersfield at the moment, the arrival of McShane makes us feel we have got the best of the deal (at least as far as Moore is concerned!).
So naturally we are keen that you want to hang on to Lunt, who as far as I know has a longish contract with Huddersfield, which might, just might open the door for McShane to come to us. The first person who needs to be convinced of course is McShane himself, he is already a massive favourite, but we are not going to be winning trophies any time soon, so he may just be grateful for the game time and the chance to show off his class and go back to you next year a more confident player. Did I hear that he was not exactly the apple of McDermott's eye? Good news for us if true!'"
Unless McDermott is no longer the Leeds coach of course
It is all very bizarre as you state