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Ryan Edmondson has been a bit of an enigma at Leeds United over the past couple of seasons.
The striker has been featuring for the U23s over the past 12 months, and those performances have led to the fanbase clamouring for him to get a first-team opportunity in the near future.
Unfortunately, supporters may not get their wish as recent reports indicate that Leeds have some rather different plans for the youngster.
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What’s the story then?
Football Insider are reporting that Edmondson could be sent out on loan in January.
The report also states that this may only be the case if Leeds bring in another striking option, and that is a real possibility as the article also states that Marcelo Bielsa is getting fed up of the team’s woes in front of goal despite their dominance in virtually every game.
You can understand the Argentine’s frustrations as the xG league table shows that United should be running away with the league rather than sitting in third place as they currently are.
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Right decision
Letting Edmondson go out on loan makes a lot of sense, and if Leeds are trying to bring in another striker in January it is seemingly the right thing to do.
The striker has already proved himself at U23 level, and it’s time for him to make the step up to senior football.
Playing him for the first-team at Leeds is a bit too much of a risk as there is a lot riding on this season in terms of promotion, but if they loan him out to a League One or League Two side he can gain valuable experience while not having to play under immense pressure.
Failing to send him out on loan would only be wasting his time. After all, this is a youngster who played for the senior side in pre-season and scored a hat-trick.
On that evidence, he deserves to be playing first-team football, something he’s failed to achieve in competitive action throughout 2019/20. Leeds would only stagnate the 18-year-old by keeping him for the second half of the current campaign.