Bowyer, Dacourt first to go as Venables begins player cull

NEW Leeds boss Terry Venables is on the brink of fulfilling his pledge to bring the cash rolling in barely 48 hours into the job, with Lee Bowyer and Olivier Dacourt poised to leave Elland Road.

Bowyer, Dacourt first to go as Venables begins player cull

Venables took over the hot-seat on Wednesday after being handed the immediate task of recouping £15million to ease the financial constraints on one of the Premiership’s big spenders.

Within days, he is on the verge of completing his initial brief and more after Leeds agreed a fee with Liverpool, thought to be £9million, for Bowyer at the same time as Dacourt’s prospective £15million switch to Italian giants Juventus moved a step closer.

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