Leeds United are interested in taking Everton defender Matthew Pennington on another loan deal, according to the Liverpool Echo, and fans are not happy.
It didn’t really work out for the 23-year-old at Elland Road last season, after he suffered an injury in his first match.
Pennington missed other games from injury through the season but still made 24 appearances for the club.
Everton were happy with what they saw, though, tying the youngster down to a contract extenion that will see him through until 2021.
However, it’s unlikely that he’ll see much action under Marco Silva this season and it looks like Leeds recruitment supremo Victor Orta wants to bring the enforcer back for another stab under new manager Marcelo Bielsa.
Wigan have also been credited with an interest and one Leeds fan made his feelings pretty clear when he said they could have him.
That sums up the mood from many other Leeds fans too.
Here are the best reactions from Leeds fans:
Wigan can have him
— Dirty Leeds (@DirtyLeedsFC) July 31, 2018
Pennington would be a surprise loan for me, didn’t have a good season with us and would need to improve massively if he was to return #lufc
— Kershaw ?? (@Kershaw444) July 31, 2018
https://twitter.com/tomsut88/status/1024213180317421568
@PhilHayYEP please please can you tell me we are not in for Pennington again #lufc #ALAW #MOT
— Paul Dowling (@Capt_J_Longcock) July 31, 2018
Do we know if there is genuine interest in bringing Pennington back to Elland Road @PhilHayYEP? Seems a strange decision if so, there wasn’t much of an impact to suggest a second look? #lufc
— brolin285 (@brolin285) July 31, 2018
Is there ANY news on potential CB’s. Just so I can holiday in hope more than expectation ??……but not Pennington!#Lufc
— Philip Grunewald (@pipgrun247) July 31, 2018
The fact we're trying to re-sign Pennington on loan just tells you everything we need to know about the cash we have
— Tom O'Hare (@tohare3) July 31, 2018
Can you imagine our world class coach selling Vieira to fund the purchase of Pennington even the Hock wouldn’t have done that lol
— John Evans (@evans1951) July 31, 2018
https://twitter.com/Russlufc/status/1024003780466155523
OPINION
Leeds fans don’t want Pennington back – that much is clear. However, we think they’re being overly harsh. Pennington looked good in his first Leeds outing but then got injured and missed a chunk of the season. By Christmas the wheels had fallen off the Leeds waggon and very few first-team stars, even the normally ultra reliable Pontus Jansson, were looking far from their best. A new loan deal for Pennington could give him a chance to kick-start his career and he’d have a point to prove at Elland Road. The only sticking point would be that we’d doubt Bielsa would be able to guarantee him game-time.