I think it would be daft to sign him just now. We appear to have a contract with Leeds that includes a right to buy at £1.5M if the reports are accurate. Surely the time to buy is as the season is ending before the contract expires, it will be cheaper I’d have thought and may allow wriggle room toward additional wages in January for an addition. We won’t be paying all his wages currently, we would have to if he signed now. Secondly, we have over half a season to continue to assess him, his progress and his consistency and merit in our style. Thirdly, it is a long old season and it is possible he could pick up a serious injury still in that time.
The sensible thing to do is to keep Greenwood on his toes, show the intent to buy, incentivise the lad to want to join through looking after him and impress his performances need to keep up at the level he is at and allow him to showcase his talent consistently and maybe improve, the purchase of his contract will be the same in May 2024 as it will be now and we will have a whole season to judge on.