On Thursday, a surprising story has emerged in the Italian media about Diego Llorente and his future at Leeds United.
The Spaniard has been loaned for the season to AS Roma, where he finished the last campaign as well, but this time, there was an option to buy at €5m that would then become obligatory if certain milestones were reached included.
In fact, the belief was that he was as good as gone, with Leeds fans waving him goodbye, but Gazzetta dello Sport state that isn’t the case.
In an article on what will happen to some AS Roma players ahead of the next campaign, the centre-back is mentioned, and the belief is he will return to Elland Road.
They write that although both he and Sardar Azmoun are two players ‘who have given something so far’, they redemption clauses ‘cost too much in relation to their real value’.
Therefore, the defender will be ‘leaving Roma in June’ and head back to Leeds United, with the money for his transfer, meaning the €5m, being used for other deals, in the hope that it will be ‘invested better than in the past’.
Previous claims were that the €5m would be spent if he played 50% of his team’s games this season, which he is on track to do, but with Chris Smalling returning, perhaps his chances will diminish as the season goes on, meaning a drop in game time and no obligation to play him.
