Leeds are thriving without Ronaldo Vieira.
Leeds United made a controversial decision when they decided to sell Ronaldo Vieira this summer to Sampdoria.
Vieira can go on and prove Leeds wrong, but at present Leeds are thriving without him.
Central midfield is Leeds’ most competitive position, and Mateusz Klich is looking like a new player.
If Vieira was still at Leeds, he would have been warming the bench in the first two league games, and probably got his first run out last night in the Carabao Cup.
This is even with £4.5 million January signing Adam Forshaw out injured, and Japan international Yosuke Ideguchi failing to win over Marcelo Bielsa.
Leeds have some money to spend, but they are not so flush with cash that they could afford to turn down £7 million for a substitute.
Vieira had potential to be a Leeds’ great, but that’s all it was, potential.
He risked a second year of failing to kick on after an impressive 2016/17, and evidently was not in Marcelo Bielsa’s plans.
Leeds are getting on just fine without him, and sit pretty with a 100 per cent record after three games in all competitions, and an extra £7 million in the bank.
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