Daniel Farke confirms Leeds United’s £20m boost to aid crucial summer transfers

This Thursday, Leeds United announced the permanent transfer of Luis

Sinisterra, paying £20 million to part with the Colombian.

Due to provisions put in place by the previous administration that allowed players to sign contracts with other

teams for the 23–24 season with almost no control over the decision, Leeds saw a

number of players depart the club on loan during the summer.

Luis Sinisterra, who was threatening to sue to force a move to the Premier

League with Bournemouth, bookended that summer window with his departure.

Bournemouth spend £20m to sign Sinisterra

Since it became known that Sinisterra was prepared to take legal action to

compel a transfer to the Cherries, it was inevitable that he would leave Leeds permanently.

So, it wasn’t a shock when he was confirmed as Bournemouth’s permanent signing on Friday, with the South Coast outfit pushing forward their option to buy at £20million:

During Jesse Marsch’s tenure at Feyenoord in the summer of 2022, Leeds paid a price to sign the quick winger, which they have since recovered.

Farke comments on significant windfall Leeds received for Sinisterra

Daniel Farke was asked about this during his pre-match press conference on Friday, to which he was clearly relieved that an agreement was reached to see Sinisterra cast off from the club permanently.

When discussing the sale and what it means for Leeds’ reinvestment of the £20million in the summer months, he said (via the YEP):

“I think overall it’s a good decision, beneficial for our future. Many compliments for our main people involved in negotiations. We wanted to have the perfect result for us and think we did. I never made a secret I really rate Luis from his football point of view, good player, good person, wish him all the best.

“He also made it clear in the summer he wanted this move. You have to accept there are good players playing for other clubs. We wish him really all the best, no hard feelings at all, fingers crossed for his future.

“For us as a club it’s the right decision, it frees up some money to do some business we want to do in the summer. I’m always a bit careful when a player wanted to go away, to bring him back. It’s like when you put the food in the microwave, it never tastes like when it’s freshly cooked.”

Sinisterra sale sets Leeds up nicely in the summer

In the unlikely event that Leeds is not promoted this season, the club will be

under pressure to keep its best players, but Sinisterra’s departure gives us more flexibility.

We’ll be in a far better position to invest in strengthening the Premier League team if we are promoted.

When we were previously promoted, it was a major problem for Leeds that the

squad couldn’t be changed, but now that we’re in a position where we can, we can definitely do so.