Leeds United have rejected two offers for star attacker Samu Saiz, according to a Spanish journalist, and fans are in two minds about whether he should be sold or not.
Edgar Navarro, a journalist with Sport Huesca, claimed that Leeds had received two offers for Saiz, one for £6.2million from Getafe and one for £9million from Valencia.
The journalist, with close ties to SD Huesca, the club Leeds signed Saiz from in a £3million last summer, added that both offers were rejected and that manager Marcelo Bielsa wants to keep Saiz and the player has no intention of leaving.
Ante los infundados rumores que sitúan a Samu Sáiz en la #SDHuesca: el Getafe ha realizado una oferta de 7M€ por el jugador y el Valencia otra de 10M€. Ambas han sido rechazadas por el Leeds United. Bielsa confía en Samu y él no tiene intención de salir.
— Edgar Navarro (@edgarNL_95) July 22, 2018
Saiz was one of the standout performers for Leeds last season but he dropped off as the season fell apart, and got a lengthy ban for spitting in an FA Cup game against Newport.
And this has led to fans being split down the middle, with some thinking he should be sold and others adamant that Leeds have to keep him
One fan said he was a “luxury player” and should be sold while another said something wasn’t quite right with him.
However, another fan said that if Leeds sell their better players like Saiz, they might as well sell the whole squad.
Here are the best reactions from Leeds fans:
https://twitter.com/AdamPaulBarlow/status/1021276174654328832
https://twitter.com/Spitfire_Chap/status/1021063780845965313
Sell him
— mattstyler (@MJSTYLER123) July 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/CarlHinchliffe/status/1021067089333891072
This better not happen. Not a chance in million years would we have time to replace him or the actual acumen to sort it. We’re way short as it is never mind even thinking of this.
— SeanyCain (@Seancain12) July 22, 2018
Can’t sell him. End of. Keep your best players. When will fans learn
— Mark Taylor (@MarkTaylor1979) July 22, 2018
He’s absolute class. Doesn’t shoot enough, doesn’t work hard enough without the ball, I’ll give you that. But, dribbles very well, takes players on, has vision and good passing. There was end product last season but it was missed because our strikers couldn’t finish. HAS to stay
— Dom (@dommer14) July 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/beaglelufc/status/1021069409329311744
Never an end product, too lightweight for this league
— zen_trainer (@zen_trainer) July 22, 2018
OPINION
Leeds haven’t had a great summer window so far, with a couple of loan signings coming in from Chelsea. Selling Saiz now would be a huge blow and we can’t see it happening, especially with Bielsa said to be keen on him. The fact that he’s split fans’ opinions shows what a mixed season he had at Elland Road – the first half was brilliant and the second was listless. That pretty much sums up the Leeds campaign though and we’d expect to see big things from the pint-sized attacker under Bielsa. Leeds should not sell.