Lee Erwin explains Kilmarnock switch after Leeds United exit

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Lee Erwin has left Leeds United for Kilmarnock in the summer transfer window.

Newly-signed Kilmarnock forward Lee Erwin has been quoted as saying by The Glasgow Evening Times that he could have joined the club on loan from Leeds United in the January transfer window.

Erwin recently left Championship club Leeds for Scottish Premiership outfit Kilmarnock in the summer transfer window.

The 22-year-old forward moved to the West Yorkshire outfit in the summer of 2015 after leaving Scottish club Motherwell.

The former Scotland Under-19 international failed to make an impact at Elland Road and had two separate loan spells away from the Whites.

After playing on loan at Bury in 2015, Erwin spent the 2016-17 campaign on loan at Oldham Athletic in League One in England.

Erwin has revealed that he could have moved to Kilmarnock in January as there was the option of moving on loan, and has explained his decision to play for Lee McCulloch’s side.

“The manager was definitely a factor,” The Glasgow Evening Times quotes Erwin as saying regarding his move from Leeds to Kilmarnock.

“I spoke to him in January as well when I was supposed to come here on loan, but things didn’t go to plan.

“In the summer I was speaking to him again, and when I decided to come back to Scotland, it was Lee who was pushing me more to come here.”

Erwin is a talented and young forward, and given that he is only 22 years of age, Kilmarnock fans should be confident that he will be a success in the Scottish Premiership.