Fans of Leeds United have been reacting to a post on Twitter, in which Phil Hay shares the club’s confirmed 25-man Premier League squad for the first half of the season.
In his post, Hay shares an image of Marcelo Bielsa’s squad for the Premier League season, as well as commenting, in particular, on the inclusion of centre-forward Jay-Roy Grot, who the journalist states is ‘injured at present’ as well as being ‘out of contract next summer’.
So, what did these Leeds United fans have to say in reaction to the club’s confirmed Premier League squad?
https://twitter.com/DanWaring7/status/1318623879137533953
Why include someone like Grot who will never play? Or just making up names?
— Craig (@TagCraigy) October 20, 2020
HAHAHAHAH that’s genuinely hilarious. Imagine Grot actually plays for us again
— MOTweets ? (@MOTweets1919) October 20, 2020
Grot joined Leeds back in August of 2017, in what was a £1.44 million deal from Dutch side NEC Nijmegen, and went on to feature 22 times in all competitions in his first season with the club, scoring one goal and providing one assist.
Would you like to see Grot given a game under Bielsa?
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However, since Marcelo Bielsa’s arrival at the club in the summer of 2018, the £720,000-rated 22-year-old has not featured again for the club, which could go some way to explaining the surprise of these Leeds fans at the inclusion of the striker in Bielsa’s Premier League squad.
Do they plan in using him? Is he training with the team?
— Brandon Yates (@Brandon7Yates) October 20, 2020
@Eoin225 grot made the squad! Going to comeback and terrorise defences
— Luke Riddell (@LukeRiddell24) October 20, 2020
Release the Dutch giant
— JT (@lufc_) October 20, 2020
All in all, it would seem these Leeds fans are surprised to see the inclusion of Grot in Bielsa’s squad, however, others, perhaps rather jokingly, have called for the striker to get some game time.