Becchio, what's next?

29/1/2013

By Kim Bjerregaard

In the summer of 2008 an unknown Argentinian joined Leeds on the pre-season tour in Ireland and impressed manager Gary McAllister enough for him to get a permanent deal with the club.

We've had loads of good memories of Becchio since, the -15 season, the promotion, the FA Cup runs and him being one of our best players of the past few seasons where everyone around him with a splash of talent left Elland Road faster than a drug dealer when the police shows up.

Those of you who know me or follow me on twitter (@kimleeds) will know that I'm a pretty huge Becchio fan, in my opinion he's the only player in a Leeds shirt since the 1992 team that have earned the right to be called legend, a frase that seems very over used by Leeds fans.

But now it seems that Becchio's time with Leeds is running out, no new deal can be agreed and Becchio has requested a transfer, sparking interest from both Premier League clubs and finacially attractive teams abroad, so what to do?

There's still 18 months left of Becchio's deal at Leeds, but if we can get the suggested £2.5 - £3,5m and
that money will be re-invested (never heard that before) in the team, then even I think we should probably let Becchio go.

Even though I'm as massive a Becchio Believer as I am, there will never be a player bigger than the club for me, and no one should be kept at the club if they don't wish to be there. I think we'll have a very hard time finding a proven goalscorer at this level for less the £25 - 30K p/w but if the club have a wage budget and want to follow that then I understand why they can't /won't break it.

However to replace Becchio within our budget will take a lot of luck, players have been mentioned on both Twitter and from more reliable sources, some well known, which we cant get at our budget, and some lottery tickets, which I'm not sure can deliver 20-25 goals per season.

But if/ when Becchio leaves he'll leave with my best wishes and I'll always keep an eye on his remaining career.

Marching on together Luciano!

6 Comments

Dubreyfirkin

29/1/2013 04:04:42 am

Well said. Not going to patronise your sentiments any further I totally agree. There was a bloke, at the end of the eighties, Baird was his name I shook his hand when he returned from Pompey and then scored on his second debut against Plymouth. I loved his game, passion and aggression. Becchio has been given some bad press by those who should know better, ie the management but he is a big a hero to me as Baird ever was. He has clearly lacked service, and despite this has had an exceptional season. I have mentioned on another site that football clubs need heroes. I agree that Beccs has legendary stauts, not something we can attribute to the historic bowl haired baird, but that is for someone consigned to history, the pain for me is that Beccs he is a hero now, and do we have any left.

MOT

Sam Allan

29/1/2013 04:37:37 am

Good article apart from Becchio had no role in the -15 season, he was signed by Macca in pre-season after that year

Gianfranco Cuzziol

29/1/2013 05:48:00 am

When I heard we were getting an 'ex Barcelona' player back then, and got Becchio I was disappointed . But actually he turned out to be a great buy. Not sure about Luciano being a Legend but he has proved to be certainly head and shoulders above some of the 'talent' we've brought in in the last years. I wish him well, he will be missed
MOT

Fred

29/1/2013 08:17:59 am

Don't you have a spell checker you thick twat?

Dane

29/1/2013 02:37:32 pm

Dont you have better things to do grammar nazi?

Kim Bjerregaard

29/1/2013 03:39:35 pm

I don't mate, but thanks for the feedback to the rest of you.

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