Anything more from your source on the other player movement?

The problem witth that is that hes had so much rope there is now a world rope shortage. You cant keep telling someone "behave or you are out" and then give them another chance. We gave him countless chances and all he did was throw them back in our faces. He dragged the clubs name thru the mud, he abused Leeds fans on social media, almost misssd coaches to matches, turned up drunk to training constantly, played a WCC under drug influence, beat up students and thats just at Leeds. Hes done that at every club and England too. Watch As Good As It Gets again and realise this lad is trouble.

By all means give him rope but the lad is too stupid to hang himself.

Hes never going to change and all this "super talent" i keep seeing ive not seen it for 4 years really if im honest. Hes Wigans 3rd choice full back now in truth. Hes not the player that left Leeds or Cas.

Hes had his chances at Leeds he disgraced himself. I wouldnt want him back at all.

Agreed...sign him up for rest of season only though.

Performance / behaviour determines any extension

Rest of the season with club holding option for next season.

Agreed. Not with a barge pole.

If we sign him it sends out a message to him that no matter how badly he behaves some club will employ him. If you want to create an elite culture is he really a player you want to have in your squad?

We wont get relegated and he will be restricting opportunities from younger players - because if you sign him he has to play.

I'm not sure about this. I'd probably take him until the end of the season given our current predicament and injury situation, but I'd be uncomfortable in him blocking the paths of players like Walker and Broadbent long-term if he wants more than this season.

As for the moral high ground:
a) None of us know the precise circumstances over his departure from Wigan. Most people are probably putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with 5.
b) None of us are perfect, and it is up to the club to make a call over what they know about Zak's professionalism and commitment to Leeds, if it is going to be his second stint with us. He doesn't seem to have broken the law at any rate.
c) As Leeds fans we have supported and signed players with potentially worse track records. Bailey and Walker both served custodial sentences. In more recent memory I don't remember a huge outcry when Rob Lui was signed, and he left Leeds on good terms. There's always a fine line with signings like this. The controversy over Greg Bird was a bit higher stakes because at the time (IIRC) he had been accused of domestic violence; likewise Israel Folau was unrepentant in his discriminatory views when Catalans picked him up. As far as we know, Hardaker's activities don't fall into these categories.

Get your point re Bailey, Walker and Lui, but the key difference for me is that they are all examples of individuals who have made terrible mistakes, been lucky enough to receive a 2nd chance, and then taken it without really looking back. Zac has clearly been unable to do this. We don't know what went on at Wigan, but you don't have to be a mystic to read between the lines of Matty Peet's comments. Wigan had had enough. Even though he is not the player he was in 2017 he'd still best full back or left centre at Leeds, but surely it would just be a matter of time before the idiocy impacts the whole team in a negative way.

Not yet, I’m meeting them on Thursday for a coffee. So I will get more then hopefully.

Smithy now quoting GH saying we’re talking to Zak. If that’s the YEP line, it’s done.

Surely, surely, this is only a deal to the end of this season?
We can eat humble pie now, because we're so desperate and need to avoid relegation at all costs.
But he can't possibly be part of Smith's longer term plans...

Let’s hope so. Straight in at Full Back

Him and his mum getting arrested for drunk and disorderly was the final straw at Wigan.

If you are trying to instil a professional culture at the club he isn’t the way to go.

I guess though as a short term panic buy he could do a job for rest of the season.

Lad has sadly been his own worst enemy time and time again and despite all his “I’ve changed” media bites he’s proof a leopard doesn’t change its spots.

Be interesting to see what sentence Zak gets for his latest misdemeanour.
I don`t think the full story has come out yet.

We would t be signing him if it were any serious or illegal…

Obviously! This has gone from meaning about having to travel back to Wigan for post match debrief to turning up late for training to turning up drunk for training to getting arrested drunk with his mother and we haven't heard the full story ? If this is true surely Leeds arent going to touch him .

It’s not all true.

No course not, which means it’s not true!

The arrest for D & D with his mother is as is the issue about the commute.

Not heard the turning up for training drunk one, but wouldn’t put it past him however first I’ve heard of it.

Can’t imagine an ‘arrest’ . Possibly warned /escorted off a premise? Arrest means handcuffed and shoved back of a van!

If the body cam footage come out ever you will see why.

Plenty of, “Do you know who I am?!”

Aww no. Hope this not true as sounds revolting. What’s your source? I just think it might be though from the way your so convinced. I can cope with dissing Peet and being late for training, but that would be too much and wouldn’t want that anywhere near our club….

but you're ok with drug taking, beating up students, drunken fights in the streets.....

Not forgetting drunk driving and homphobic abuse.

That’s historical. I didn’t think the recent allegations were that bad, but I can’t stand drunk people giving the big ‘I Am’ and abuse of Police Officers trying to do their job ….
I gave Wigan fans enough stick over standing by Sam T!