Leeds United defender Pontus Jansson was very non-committal when asked about the club.
Pontus Jansson was part of the group of Leeds United players picked out for criticism by owner Andrea Radrizzani earlier this month.
The defender was one of the players who signed a new contract earlier this season and was criticised for a pathetic performance against Middlesbrough.
Jansson is on international duty with Sweden at present and he was asked yesterday about his future at Leeds.
Jansson gave a very brief, non-committal comment, which indicated a surprising lack of passion about the club’s situation.
He told Expressen: “We’ll see what’s happening, I want to hear from the club how to look next year and so on.”
The centre-back is under a long term contract to Leeds, and he is a player many would like to see captain the club.
But his form has struggled this season along with the rest of the squad, with Jansson dragged down by the ineptitude around him.
Leeds have won just one game in 2018, and it is not surprising he does not want to talk about their sorry predicament.
At the same time he does not sound engaged, and his comments suggest that Leeds must win him over with their ambition.
Jansson has been linked with a move to the Premier League in the past and has made no secret of his desire to get there with Leeds.
If Andrea Radrizzani wants to keep him around, he must convince him with his plans, and if he can’t Jansson might be ready to call it quits.
Whether Jansson is in a position to be making those sort of demands is another matter after his slip in form this season, but if the defender is not ‘all in’, then Leeds will be put in a difficult spot.
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