Leeds had a nightmare with Helder Costa

Leeds United made some poor switch choices of their desperation to return to the Premier League, particularly as Marcelo Bielsa edged them ever nearer to the promised land.

Evidently, of their evolution, they received caught up in the necessity to purchase expertise who had impressed previously, and regardless of the apparent purple flags, they nonetheless would stump up the cash.

These costs appear extra trivial now that they’re again within the high flight, however on the time they might have been devastating of their promotion push.

One switch particularly which inserts this invoice is the acquisition of Helder Costa, which was very reactionary provided that he had been on mortgage the season prior and disillusioned.

Throughout 43 Championship video games in 2019/20, he scored simply four times and assisted an extra six goals, which makes the choice to unload £16m on the Wolverhampton Wanderers reject much more baffling, especifically given how Leeds had been now making the step as much as play even harder soccer.

The Angola worldwide unsurprisingly wilted additional throughout the 2020/21 marketing campaign, that includes simply 22 occasions within the Premier League as he scored simply three targets, two of which got here of their second sport of the season.

Ought to Leeds have ever signed Helder Costa?

Regardless of spending three years on the membership, he featured simply 71 occasions, whereas additionally enduring some poor mortgage spells in an try and reignite his profession.

It’s a testomony to how far he was fallen that, simply this summer time, he was lastly shipped off to Al-Ittihad, with the Whites resigned to creating a 75% loss on him as he left for a mere £3.9m.

Following Costa’s exit, former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson had some alternative phrases to say concerning the 28-year-old’s disappointing keep at Elland Street.

He claimed of the Angolan: “He hasn’t been in a position to do it on the stage that Leeds needed him to do it at. While you’re promoting a participant, you’re solely going to command high cash from high groups and if he’s not been adequate at Leeds, you may’t demand high cash from elsewhere.”

Costa promised a lot when he moved to Yorkshire, however in all honesty, he has been an enormous flop who drained the membership in his time at Elland Street.