OPINION
It has been a long time since anyone talking about Pierre-Michel Lasogga, but for some reason, a number of Leeds United fans on Twitter are suggesting that they would be promoted by now if they had the centre-forward back in their side. Lasogga, 27, left Elland Road at the end of the 2017/18 season after being loaned to the Whites by Hamburg. Since returning to Germany the target man has been in great form, scoring 19 goals in 27 appearances across all competitions. He only netted 10 times in 33 outings for Leeds, but his season was disrupted by an injury just as he was finding his form and Paul Heckingbottom never seem to fancy him that much as he never got a real run of starts. Should Leeds have kept hold of Lasogga? He might not have been able to cope with Marcelo Bielsa’s high-intensity style of player or his training sessions but he would have been a very good option to have up front as well as Patrick Bamford. Maybe Leeds should have tried to sign Lasogga for at least another year just to give themselves an extra way of scoring goals.
This is Futbol has rounded up some of the best tweets below:
Lassoga would have absolutely cleaned up this season but if I speak I’m in trouble
— Jordan Matthew (@_JordanMatthew) April 22, 2019
Couldn’t agree more mate..he’d have bagged a hat trick tonight alone
— thomas banks (@ThomasBanks1985) April 22, 2019
Quality finisher and would have scored loads but probably wouldn’t have done the high press very well. Imagine If the rest of team could have picked up that slack in addition to Bielsa improving him like he does others.
— swift82 (@leeswift82) April 23, 2019
https://twitter.com/lufcroc/status/1120994884888952833
Don't care what anyone says, if Lasogga was still here I'm convinced we'd already be promoted #lufc
— heardy (@heardylufc) April 23, 2019
https://twitter.com/papithbk/status/1120457958666776576
https://twitter.com/lufc_kej/status/1120395934519758850
https://twitter.com/Iufcben/status/1120395045868326912
https://twitter.com/AndrewFirth21/status/1120436249679028225