The Leeds United defender is reportedly set to leave on loan.
Leeds United fans have reacted on Twitter to a report about Paudie O’Connor.
According to Football League World, the 21-year-old defender will leave Leeds today to re-join Bradford City in League Two on a season-long loan.
The Irish centre-back emerged as another exciting Thorp Arch product when Paul Heckingbottom started him in four Championship games toward the end of the 2017-18 campaign.
But Marcelo Bielsa doesn’t appear to have much use for O’Connor – who spent the second half of last season on loan with Gary Bowyer’s side – and here’s how United fans reacted to the rumour.
If this materialises, it might indicate that Bielsa is planning to sign a centre-back, which is probably for the best.
Pontus Jansson and Liam Cooper need better competition next term, given that they’re the Whites’ only recognised and experienced central defenders.
So far, Leeds are only really being linked with wingers, but it would be a major surprise if Bielsa didn’t also sign a couple of centre-backs.
O’Connor is contracted to the Elland Road side until 2020.
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