Leeds United attacking midfielder Samu Saiz returns from suspension for the club’s crucial Championship clash against Derby County at the Pride Park Stadium on Wednesday night, and Whites fans have begged Paul Heckingbottom to start the Spaniard.
The 27-year-old was arguably the Yorkshire outfit’s player of the season – he has nine goals and five assists in 25 matches in all competitions – before he was dismissed for spitting at an opponent in the FA Cup defeat against Newport County in Wales last month, and was subsequently handed a six-match ban.
United have sacked former boss Thomas Christiansen and replaced him with Heckingbottom since then, but they are in desperate need of a win in the east Midlands to reignite their play-off hopes as they currently lie eight points adrift of the top six with 14 league games left this term.
Leeds supporters were quick to have their say on Saiz’s potential inclusion against the Rams via social media, and while one said it would be “outrageous if he doesn’t start Saiz tonight”, another said “let him start and prove to us why we’ve kept faith in him”.
Here is just a selection of the Twitter reaction…
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