The Leeds United loanee is loving his time away from Elland Road.
Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa reportedly turned down the chance to recall Lewie Coyle this week, but would he have wanted to leave his loan club?
Going by his latest comments, probably not.
According to The Yorkshire Evening Post, Bielsa decided against bringing Coyle back to Leeds for the second half of the campaign, with Fleetwood Town then extending his loan.
By May, the 23-year-old will have completed two full seasons with the Highbury club and it seems that the Thorp Arch graduate is loving life with Fleetwood.
Coyle has started 25 of Town’s 26 League One games this season, having played 45 times in all competitions last term.
And the Leeds youngster claims that he’s a ‘completely different player’ to the one that left West Yorkshire last summer.
“I’m my own worst critic at times but I think I am a completely different player than when I joined last summer,” he told Fleetwood Today.
“I don’t think you could be the same player with the amount of games I have racked up in two seasons. I feel I have come on in leaps and bounds and it is only good for my development personally.”
Considering he is one of their own, Leeds fans will wish nothing but the best for Coyle.
But it seems unlikely that he has a long-term future at Elland Road, by virtue of the fact that Bielsa didn’t want him back, even with Luke Ayling being his only fit and recognised right-back.
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