Graham and Joe discuss Rasmus Kristensen's expected Leeds United exit on the Inside Elland Road podcast
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00:00Earlier, you mentioned Rasmus Christensen, which is the first time his name has been
00:09mentioned on this podcast in a while.
00:11What is the latest there, Graham?
00:13Because obviously there have been reports in Germany that fees have been agreed and
00:17whatnot.
00:18As we understand it, you know, they're only in talks, leads, with Antrac Frankfurt where
00:22he's currently on loan.
00:23But yeah, what's the lay of the land there with Rasmus?
00:27He's expected to leave this summer, so it's only a case of when, not if, and it feels
00:33very likely that it'll be Antrac Frankfurt because you not only have a club there who
00:37want to keep him, you have a player there who probably has found a home and wants to
00:42stay there.
00:43And they're doing very well for themselves in the Bundesliga.
00:47So I just think that one will just happen.
00:51It'd be very surprising, actually, if he went somewhere else at this stage.
00:54I think it's probably just a case of drilling down into the numbers like an infuriated
00:58Theopathetus and then they'll find a number that fits.
01:02I do just want to add a little bit of context to the reports that Florian Plettenberg, the
01:07Sky Germany reporter, was saying that negotiations between Eintracht and Leeds were at sort of
01:15a five million pound mark, potentially rising to 6.6.
01:19I think speculating here, Plettenberg may have got his information from somebody high
01:26up at Eintracht and given that there was a purchase option pre-agreed in Christensen's
01:33loan deal, which is significantly greater than the five million fee that Sky Germany
01:39have reported, there could be a bit of gamesmanship there on Eintracht's part to maybe try and
01:45force the hand and get a bit more of a discounted deal, because I think the purchase option
01:52was closer to what Leeds paid for Christensen, which was 11 million, just shy of that.
01:57So I can see why the Bundesliga club would be a bit more open to discussing the specific
02:05terms and details of their negotiations with Leeds.