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Leeds’ Gaetano Berardi sends message to Pontus Jansson

Pontus Jansson of Sweden during the FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifier between Sweden and Belarus at Friends arena on March 25, 2017 in Solna, . (Nils P...
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Leeds United sold the big Swedish centre-back earlier in the week.

Leeds United's Pontus Jansson celebrates scoring his side's equalising goal to make the score 2-2, with Luke Ayling

Gaetano Berardi has become the latest Leeds United player to wish Pontus Jansson good luck.

The Whites sold the Sweden international to Brentford in a £5.5 million deal on Monday night [Yorkshire Evening Post]

Jansson was a popular figure among Leeds fans and many team-mates, but head coach Marcelo Bielsa didn’t appear to be crazy about the 28-year-old [The Mirror].

The former Malmo centre-back alluded to difficulties with Bielsa in his farewell message to the United supporters after leaving.

The Leeds boss was furious with Jansson toward the end of last season when he disobeyed the Argentine’s instructions to let Aston Villa score a goal.

Berardi immediately chewed out the former Leeds man on the pitch at Elland Road that day, but the Swiss defender appears to have had a lot of affection for his old team-mate.

On Instagram, he wrote: “All the best brate. Nobody can change the feeling” alongside a picture of the two embracing one another.

Berardi and Jansson were team-mates for three years in West Yorkshire.

Leeds United's Pontus Jansson at Elland Road on October 27, 2018 in Leeds, England.