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da supremo： This could end up being a case of ‘the one that got away’.
The injury to Liam Cooper last week was a cause for concern amongst many of the Leeds United fan base with some of them worried that they would be left without much cover when it came to the centre-back position.
Those fears took a bit of a jump just a few days later in the aftermath of the Gaetano Berardi sending off against Millwall, although that red card has since been rescinded.
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This isn’t something that has been an issue of Leeds fans just recently, their concerns have been there since pre-season, so it’s not like the Leeds board weren’t aware of the problem from an early stage.
This is why it’s possible that Leeds might start living to regret their decision to let go of defender Aapo Halme in the summer window.
The 21-year-old Finnish defender left the club for Barnsley and has got off to a pretty reasonable start at his new club, even if the Reds haven’t exactly got off to the best of beginnings this season after sacking Daniel Stendell.
If you take a look at his statistics so far this season, you can see where he might have brought some benefit to the west Yorkshire side.
An average of 4.1 aerial duels won (which given that he stands at 6’4 shouldn’t be surprising), 1.16 tackles per game and 1.1 interceptions on top of that, are all areas that he is performing better in than some of the other players in the current Leeds United team like Barry Douglas and the aforementioned Berardi.
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The move was greeted by some scepticism from Leeds United fans when it was completed during the summer, and what makes the whole thing worse is that they let him go on a permanent deal – it can certainly be seen as a blunder now they’re struggling for options.
It would be wrong to suggest they are desperate but if they wanted to bring him back, it would be a lot harder than simply asking him to be recalled.
It is well known that Marcelo Bielsa likes to operate with a small squad, using just 19 players in the league this season, however, this could be one of the better examples of why his philosophy could still do with a couple of tweaks if he is to help get Leeds back to the Premier League.