Are Leeds United loan players set to return next week?
Leeds United players returned to Thorp Arch for pre-season training this week.
Many first-team and Under-23 stars were spotted being put through their paces in the first few days of getting back to it.
There were a number of players absent, though, and the likes of Samuel Saiz and Vurnon Anita weren’t among those seen in West Yorkshire.
Anita, a three-time Netherlands international, was loaned out to Dutch side Willem II last summer but it was only a season-long loan, while Saiz joined Getafe on a short-term basis in December.
But both players’ contracts with their respective loan side officially end tomorrow, meaning that the Leeds duo – and many more who were loaned out last summer – could report back to training next week.
Anita had an okay first season at Leeds after joining in 2017, but by the same token it was far from spectacular and Marcelo Bielsa – also absent from Thorp Arch this week – obviously wasn’t blown away by seeing him last summer.
Saiz, who joined United in the same window as his Dutch team-mate, had an excellent first season in the Championship, but he declined in a major way under Bielsa for whatever reason and it looks doubtful that he’ll be staying.
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