It looks like Leeds United youngster Pascal Struijk may possibly be established to be far more involved up coming year in the Premier League.

The multipurpose Dutch star produced a very large impact towards the conclude of past season when accidents observed United boss Marcelo Bielsa play him a whole lot more usually.

But the 21-year-previous only managed 215 minutes of league soccer all time, while he could have far more of a role upcoming term.

That’s simply because Leeds have upgraded Struijk’s squad number.

The previous Ajax youth experienced worn the 34 shirt final term, but from listed here on in it’ll be 21.

Samuel Saiz was the previous Leeds participant to have that shirt amount and it’ll be exciting to see if Struijk can be a lot more unforgettable than the Spaniard who, even with a brilliant to start with time in West Yorkshire, went fully off the boil as soon as Marcelo Bielsa arrived two several years ago and was later on marketed back to Spain.

Previously currently it was revealed that the Whites – absent from the Premier League given that 2004 – would kick off upcoming year with a journey to champions Liverpool.

Struijk has demonstrated himself a quite remarkable prospect in holding midfield and central defence, and it’ll be fascinating to see wherever Bielsa tends to use him following season.

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