Junior Firpo considers Premier League question and evaluates recent Leeds United change — YEP 29/4/24
Junior Firpo has considered a Premier League question in explaining a Leeds United change, saluting his partnership with a Whites star.
By Lee Sobot
Left-back Firpo joined Leeds for £13m from Barcelona in the
summer of 2021 but the defender has had to overcome various injury troubles and
began the current season sidelined as he recovered from torn lateral ligaments
in his knee.
Firpo then suffered a hamstring injury upon his November
return but the defender has now featured in United’s last 21 consecutive games
in which he has contributed seven assists.
The 27-year-old has now run the rule over the key to his
recent success, questioning whether it was initially just a case of Leeds
facing Premier League opposition and hailing both United’s current style of
play and his partnership with Crysencio Summerville.
"To be fair with the amount of assists, it's a really
nice thing,” said Firpo to LUTV ahead of the weekend’s clash at QPR. "I've
always been an attacking full back and over the last years I wasn't able to do
what I am doing this season let's say.
"I don't know if it was because of the division we were
playing at or it was just the way that we were playing but this season, as soon
as I started to play more or less in January, I felt really comfortable on the
pitch.
