' Grant Leadbitter '

' Grant Leadbitter '

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP

Middlesbrough’s Grant Leadbitter target for Cardiff and Reading

BY KYLE JONES ⋅ Monday May 19th 2014 ⋅


Grant Leadbitter is being chased by Cardiff and Reading.

The former Sunderland midfielder’s experience is attracting many championship teams and Cardiff and Reading are leading the way to try and sign the 28 year old.

The Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka is a fan of Leadbitter and is keen to keep him.

Boro’ have released eight players already this week including experienced full backs Frazer Richardson and Stuart Parnab

he's only 28

seems to have been around forever

Solid player,the type we need

he's only 28

seems to have been around forever

I thought that to or are we thinking of this guy

Richard Leadbeater
Age 36 (Born 21 Oct, 1977)
Height 6ft 2in (1.88m)
Weight 12st 6lb (78.91kg)
Place of birth Dudley
Nationality England England

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Wolves 03 Jul, 96 31 May, 98

no it was definately grant i was thinking of, remember him at Sunderland, think they had liam lawrence at the same time (remember him?)

Rated 65 on FIFA 14!

brillant signing, great replacment for medal

I've always rated him, especially when he was at Sunderland but he's seemed to have gone off the radar over recent years.

Who knows if he does sign he could be exactly what we need to balance our midfield.

If he's free or near enough cheap then I don't see why not. I'd still have hope on signing Clayton but Leaderbitter would be decent at this level

If he's free or near enough cheap then I don't see why not. I'd still have hope on signing Clayton but Leaderbitter would be decent at this level

Boro fans suggesting the fee wanted is 2.5m+

If he's free or near enough cheap then I don't see why not. I'd still have hope on signing Clayton but Leaderbitter would be decent at this level

Boro fans suggesting the fee wanted is 2.5m+

no better than what we already got... hope we dont bother for that money.

With Medel going I still don't think we need him. But I guess Ole likes to have a huge squad at his disposal.

If he's free or near enough cheap then I don't see why not. I'd still have hope on signing Clayton but Leaderbitter would be decent at this level

Boro fans suggesting the fee wanted is 2.5m+

no better than what we already got... hope we dont bother for that money.

Haven't really seen him play much but I'd me happy with Gunnarsson/Eikrem in the defensive role.

I remember him and Jimmy Bullard tearing us a new arsehole down the CCS a few seasons ago

If he's free or near enough cheap then I don't see why not. I'd still have hope on signing Clayton but Leaderbitter would be decent at this level

Boro fans suggesting the fee wanted is 2.5m+

No thank you. Clayton is 2 years younger and has time on his side, been performing quite well too. Our strongest position is probably our CM's so unless they had some bite no thank you, we need a CDM but not for that price and age

If he's free or near enough cheap then I don't see why not. I'd still have hope on signing Clayton but Leaderbitter would be decent at this level

Boro fans suggesting the fee wanted is 2.5m+

No thank you. Clayton is 2 years younger and has time on his side, been performing quite well too. Our strongest position is probably our CM's so unless they had some bite no thank you, we need a CDM but not for that price and age

Plus Clayton only has 1 year left on his contract so we could get him for around 1mil