Former Leeds United player Noel Whelan believes that Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp will send Rhian Brewster on loan to Leeds.
Whelan is the matchday co-commentator for all Leeds games on BBC Radio Leeds and he feels that Brewster will fit in perfectly under Marcelo Bielsa.
The Championship club like to play high intensity football and quick attacking football, which is similar to what Klopp encourages at Anfield.
As quoted on Goal, Whelan said:
Leeds have a good chance, definitely. A huge thing in Leeds’ favour is that Marcelo Bielsa is a great coach and Leeds play in a similar way to Liverpool – build out from the back, press from the front, high energy, smooth passing combinations and an aggressive playing style.
That’s how Leeds signed Jack Harrison from Man City. Jurgen Klopp will be aware of that, and how Harrison has developed under Bielsa.
Klopp will be keen for Brewster to join Leeds and learn under Bielsa. It’s probably in Klopp’s mind to send him to a team that plays a similar style of football to Liverpool, and that’s where Leeds will fit the bill.
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Whelan makes a very valid point. Bielsa is a charismatic coach and will certainly improve Brewster’s knowledge of the game if they unite for the second half of the season.
The teenage striker, however, needs game time, and that could be something that he may not get enough of at Leeds due to them already having Patrick Bamford, who is in good form.
It will be intriguing to see where Brewster ends up.
