Leeds 25-year-old left-back Laurens De Bock is set to leave on a season-long loan, according to Phil Hay from the Yorkshire Evening Post, and fans are happy to see him gone and hopeful it means new recruits are heading in.
Hay claimed that De Bock was going to join top-flight Belgian side KV Oostende after making just seven appearances for Leeds.
More loan news too – hearing from contacts in Belgium that Laurens De Bock is joining Belgian top flight club KV Oostende for the whole of this season. #lufc
— Phil Hay (@PhilHay_) August 21, 2018
OPINION
De Bock cost £1.5million from Club Brugge in January of this year but has never convinced the Leeds supporters that he’s good enough. He was criticised heavily for his performances and Leeds didn’t win one game that he played in. He was dropped from the Leeds squad for the final nine games of the season and played his last game for the club in March. Now he’s set to see the rest of the season out in his homeland. He’s still got three years left on his contract and there’s been no mention of an option to buy yet, but judging by the reactions on Twitter, fans don’t want to see him back. They’re actually hoping that his departure, along with midfielder Yosuke Ideguchi, means that there are incomings on the way before the loan window shuts at the end of the month.
Here are the best reactions from Leeds fans to the news that De Bock is on his way:
Just Ekuban and O'Kane to move on now then! Wage bill must be very trim!
— Brandon Yates (@Brandon7Yates) August 21, 2018
— Kurtis Steele (@FaxBrony) August 21, 2018
No loss tbh. Think was a desperate signing. Literally as it turned out
— WackLUFC180 (@TheWack180) August 21, 2018
For the whole of his career
— Jason (@Jasonstreet1992) August 21, 2018
The whole of the season and beyond…
— Liam Sharp (@ItsLiamSharp) August 21, 2018
Think think he was given a proper run to be honest. 6/7 games then fully written off
— Joe (@JHolds67) August 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/LeedsUtdBalkan/status/1031907197876359168
https://twitter.com/RG_Fall/status/1031913812797087744
21st August will now be known as ‘Victor Orta Day’
— Rob H (@official_RobH) August 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/PJlufc/status/1031907166461075456
Where’s our loan signings? We have a wafer thin squad need a couple of good loan signings or we’re going to struggle at some point
— Stephen Walker??????? (@stewalker82) August 21, 2018