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Exclusive: David Norris confident Diego Llorente will still be at Leeds next season

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David Norris is confident that Diego Llorente will still be a Leeds player next season despite his tricky first campaign at Elland Road.

The Spaniard arrived in an £18m deal from Real Sociedad last summer, but his opening half of the season was halted by hamstring and groin problems.

In fact, the centre-back featured just twice in the Premier League before the end of February.

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However, following his return to fitness, Llorente was a regular under Marcelo Bielsa, starting 12 of Leeds’ final 14 matches, missing only the final-day victory over West Brom as a precaution, and netted his only goal to rescue a point against Liverpool last month.

Llorente’s form earned him a place in the Spain squad for the Euros, where he’ll be to looking to add to his seven caps in what could be his first appearance at a major tournament.

Leeds boast an impressive record with the 27-year-old in the side, losing just four times in his 15 appearances, taking an impressive 27 points from a possible 45 available.

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And following an encouraging end to his first campaign in English football, Norris believes that Llorente will kick on next season.

Asked whether he can see him leaving this summer amid reports about Leeds cashing-in on him, he told This is Futbol:

“I don’t think so. I think he likes it there. I spoke to one of the players, and he said he seems happy there. The lads like him, so on a personal level he seems settled.

“He’s had half a good season really, there were a few question marks before, so I don’t know whether that trade off one good half season against a cost that Leeds are probably going to ask for him, so I probably expect to see him stay.”

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