Former Leeds United defender Jon Newsome slammed Junior Firpo’s performance on Friday, questioning his defensive abilities.
Firpo joined Leeds from Barcelona in 2021 and was regarded as the club’s marquee signing. However, he has so far failed to live up to his expectations.
He made his season debut against Rotherham after recovering from a long-term knee injury.
And he wasn’t at his best, putting on a sloppy performance that showed signs of sluggishness and rustiness.
Newsome was critical of him, and while he expressed his desire for him to succeed, he raised several concerns, particularly about the defender’s’mediocre’ defensive abilities.
Newsome stated on BBC Radio Leeds:
“I think the most important thing is that we all want him to succeed.” We all want him to succeed.”
“But there are so many aspects of his game that I question, particularly his defence.” And I’m scratching my head. I believe he is a long way off. His performance was, at best, mediocre in my opinion. So, yeah, bad.”
Despite a difficult start to the season in which they only won one of five games, Farke has done well to turn things around.
His team is now third in the Championship after nine wins, five draws, and three defeats.
Will the former Norwich City manager be able to lead Leeds back to the Premier League?
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