A lot of Leeds United fans have responded to a tweet from Salim Lamrani talking about an article Graham Smyth produced on Gaetano Berardi.
Lamrani claims that everyone loves Berardi, and this has drawn a good reaction from these Leeds fans who are happy to praise the 31-year-old.
https://twitter.com/SalimLamraniOff/status/1237359673969385472
Give him new contract!??????? #mot
— Yan Sulikowski (@YanSulikowski) March 10, 2020
He’s my favourite player and I’ll be heartbroken if he leaves
— Christine Barry ?? (@ChrisLUFCBarry) March 10, 2020
he has been one of favuorite Leeds players over recent years
Berardi the warrior ??— neil mayhead (@neilmayhd) March 10, 2020
He deserves a contract for his loyalty if nothing else, bielsa rates him and we fans love him.
— gnscloz (@gnscloz) March 10, 2020
He was class season before getting injured, I think the team missed him, jansson was nowhere near as good.
— martin scholey (@martinscholey) March 10, 2020
My daughters favourite player is Berardi! The first football game she went to was an under 23s. Berardi scored and hes been her favourite since.
— Laura Tomenson (@Laura_lcdc) March 10, 2020
What do we think?
Berardi has now made 150 appearances for Leeds, and judging by the responses to this tweet, he is well-liked by many of the Elland Road faithful.
Does Berardi deserve a new deal?
Yes
No
However, his contract is up at the end of the season, and as of February, talks had not begun on discussing a new one – so this could well be his final season as a Whites player.
The 31-year-old, who is valued at £450k by Transfermarkt, has made 17 league appearances for Leeds this season, and in those games, the Whites have only conceded 11 goals and kept 11 clean sheets.
It is unclear what will happen to Berardi, but we think that giving him a new contract might not be such a bad idea.