Leeds United transfer news: Bielsa puts block on Crysencio Summerville move after offers submitted – Sources
Marcelo Bielsa has put the block on Leeds United sensation Crysencio Summerville sealing a deadline-day exit, Football Insider has learned.
The 20-year-old has been the subject of multiple loan offers from the likes of Blackburn Rovers and Hamburg this month.
But a recruitment source has told Football Insider that Bielsa wants to keep Summerville at Leeds for the rest of the season.
Bielsa had previously been expected to green light the loan exit of Summerville for the rest of the campaign.
But the manager has had a change of mind amid a stampede of interest in the rising star.
One major consideration for the United manager is the injuries that have wreaked such havoc to his plans this season.
Key stars Kalvin Phillips and Liam Cooper are sidelined until at least March and Bielsa has also had to contend with recent injuries to young attackers Joe Gelhardt and Tyler Roberts.
Summerville is not as well established as either of those two players, but he has made an impression on the coaching staff since signing from Feyenoord in the summer of 2020.
Summerville has made eight senior appearances for Leeds, five of which have come in the Premier League.
The young Dutchman is capped by Holland at Under-21 international level and has played regularly for his country throughout the age groups.
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