Rarely used by Leeds United, the striker did little wrong when he was played.
When Leeds United signed Marcus Antonsson from Swedish side Kalmar last summer, it was seen as a canny piece of business, with the forward scoring 25 goals in 47 appearances prior to his move.
No one expected him to hit the ground running, with most players needing to acclimatise to a new league in a new country, and so it proved, with the 26-year-old coming off the bench in the 3-0 defeat to Queens Park Rangers before drawing blanks in consecutive starts at home to Birmingham City and Fulham.
His first Leeds goal came against Fleetwood Town in the EFL Cup, where he scored one and set up another, and he did not have long to wait for his first league goal, which came away to Sheffield Wednesday.
The problem is Antonsson only enjoyed the scoring feeling once more all season, again in the EFL Cup, this time against Norwich City. But is it fair to judge him harshly when he hardly featured beyond September?
Chris Wood was in scintillating form for much of the campaign, but his fellow Leeds striker was fighting for scraps, barely featuring for more than 10 minutes from the bench and falling out of favour all together after Christmas.
Any striker would struggle for goals when they are not allowed to play consistently and in many ways Antonsson can be regarded as Leeds’ unluckiest player this season.
He was unlucky to be challenging Wood for a starting berth, to be playing under a manager who favoured one up top, to be overlooked even when the New Zealand international was unavailable and to suffer when so many under-performing Leeds players were picked time and again, albeit in other positions.
Only time will tell if Antonsson leaves Leeds this summer, but if he does he cannot be accused of a lack of trying.
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