Diego Llorente moved to AS Roma on loan in the winter market, and initially had a mixed time at the club.
Jose Mourinho had worked with the Leeds United player at Real Madrid early in the defender’s career and had clearly been left with a good impressed.
With the manager on his side, Llorente gradually grew in importance at the Serie A club, and was fortunate that other players became unavailable and left him space.
Roma have been working on a new deal with Leeds United for weeks, with Llorente always looking likely to leave Elland Road again this summer.
Should the Spaniard appear in 50% of Roma’s matches in the coming season then the club will be forced to buy him for €5m.
Likely not as high a fee as Leeds United were looking for, but they’ll probably still hope he can make that 50%.
