Kyle Bartley has enjoyed a great loan spell at Leeds United, and the fans have certainly taken to him.
Kyle Bartley
While his centre-back partner Pontus Jansson has taken many of the plaudits this season, Leeds fans have clearly not ignored how good Kyle Bartley has been since arriving on loan having created a song for the stands about the 25-year-old, and it appears that the defender is extremely grateful, according to the Yorkshire Evening Post.
Bartley has not only formed half of the best defensive partnership Leeds have had for many years, but he has also been a leader of the side, frequently wearing the armband when Liam Bridcutt has been missing.
Unsurprisingly therefore, the supporters have deemed him worthy of having a chant created in his name – having altered the lyrics to Chaka Khan’s Ain’t Nobody to pay tribute to the former Arsenal trainee – and he explained that it makes him feel proud that the fans have taken to him.
“Most of the time I am screaming or shouting at someone and to organise stuff at the back,” he said, as reported by the Yorkshire Evening Post when asked about the song.
“I don’t hear it too much but it’s a great honour for the fans to be there singing my name.
“I am just really enjoying my football at the moment.”
Bartley’s claim that he is enjoying his football at Elland Road will surely be music to Leeds supporters’ ears. Jansson has committed his future to the club, and it would surely not be a surprise if the Whites hierarchy were also hoping to sign Bartley on a permanent basis.
With just three senior centre-backs in the current squad, the club already surely need to target more options in that area of the pitch so letting Bartley go back to Swansea without trying to sign him permanently would be a massive gamble.
And based on how he has reacted to the supporters’ admiration, it would hardly be a shock if he looked at the directions his current club and parent side seem to be going in and decided that he wanted to stay where he is currently.
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