Leeds owner defends under fire goalkeeper.
Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani has defended goalkeeper Felix Wiedwald after the German was criticised on Twitter by a supporter.
Radrizzani’s exchange came after Leeds United’s 3-1 victory away to Queens Park Rangers, a fixture they lost 3-0 last season.
Wiedwald made a quite awful error to allow QPR back into the game as he misjudged the flight of the ball and allowed a harmless effort to bounce over him
But he atoned for this with a save shortly after, before Leeds put the game beyond doubt.
Radrizzani focused on this, saying the goalkeeper deserved credit for the way he came back.
Radrizzani called for unity, and urged the supporter to get behind the team during a busy month.
Leeds cannot replace Wiedwald in the transfer market until next month, and deputy Andy Lonergan has proved just as error prone.
But the gripes about the former Werder Bremen stopper are tough to ignore, as this is far from the only mistake he has made this season – and they are now firmly in Radrizzani’s consciousness if they were not already.
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