Leeds United have failed to finish in the Championship playoffs this season.
Noel Whelan has suggested to BBC Sport that Leeds United should hold onto Pontus Jansson for the 2017-18 season.
Jansson joined Leeds on a season-long loan deal from Torino in the summer of 2016 and, according to The Sun, will make it permanent in the summer for a transfer fee of £3.5 million deal.
The defender has been one of the best players for the Whites this season and has made himself quite popular among the Elland Road faithful.
Jansson’s performances for Leeds this season have seen him linked with moves to Premier League clubs in the summer transfer window.
According to Swedish outlet Kvallsposten, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur are interested in the Sweden international defender. Sky Sports have credited Southampton with interest in Jansson (click here to read more).
Former Leeds striker Whelan has suggested that the Whites need to keep hold of Jansson and should not sell him in the summer transfer window.
“I think, sometimes, you have to be disciplined with yourself,” Whelan told BBC Sport. “Jansson’s had too many bookings that just weren’t necessary.
“But if you are going to build a squad, you keep hold of your better players. Jansson is a loose cannon but you don’t want to take that out of him, to change him.
“That makes him as a player: we love that aggression. You want players who want to play for this club, and take this club to the next level.”
Leeds will play in the Championship next season after failing to make it into the playoffs this campaign.
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