Leeds United are loaning out their new signing.
Leeds United were given surprise news this week when it emerged new signing Yosuke Ideguchi has been handed a work permit.
The Whites had lined up a loan move for him to sign with Spanish club Cultural Leonesa, and have decided to stick by this decision regardless.
This has garnered some criticism from supporters, especially after the team looked so poor in their FA Cup defeat to Newport County.
Ideguchi is a Japanese international and would immediately strengthen the Leeds side, so it looks a little peculiar that they are not willing to put him straight in.
Perhaps Leeds are simply wary of throwing Ideguchi into such an intense league season midway through the campaign, and want him to have a fresh start in 2017/18.
But unfortunately he will have a disrupted pre-season in any case due to Japan’s World Cup involvement and could return late for the Whites.
Leeds though are keen to ease him in, and Ideguchi has not played a league game since October due to Japan’s league calendar.
Sparing him from early criticism if he is not up to speed from day one is a fathomable reason why they are keen to protect what could be a superb long-term investment, but fans will want to see more new signings come in who can contribute right now.
Here is a look at the reaction to the loan move going ahead…
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