A player who appeared in The Friendly between Manchester United and Leeds was hooked several times during the first 45 minutes of Saturday’s confrontation at Stockholm Strawberry Arena.
Jack Harrison, who returned to Leeds United this summer following a two -year loan from Everton, was thrown directly into Daniel Farke’s departure range for the match against United.
The 28 -year -old decision to join Everton in the summer of 2023, just a few months after Leeds was relegated to the Premier League, was controversial to say the least.
In fact, some fans accused Harrison of jumping a ship shortly after signing a new five -year contract in April 2023.
Kris Smith, leeds fan and expert Football League worldmade his feelings clear about the situation earlier this year.
“I think it’s very clear for each leeds fan and everyone at the club that Harrison has completely burned his bridges in Elland Road, and he will never be welcome,” he said in February.
“He jumped the ship when we needed him after relegation, even if he signed a new agreement in April just before, and his actions since then, including the comments of his mother of all, simply did nothing to repair this relationship, so there is no return for him here.”
Harrison is hardly the most popular figure among Leeds supporters currently and Saturday afternoon, the midfielder was hooked before and during the friendly match against Manchester United in Sweden.
Leeds United Reporter Isaac Johnson published an update of the Strawberry Arena before kick -off. “Jack Harrison gets a big Boo of many leeds fans while his name is read on the Tannoy,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
Harrison was also used in the first stages of the competition, as a journalist for the Yorkshire Evening Post Graham Smyth confirmed the tunes. He wrote: “5 – Some hoots for Harrison at the end of Leeds while he climbs on the ball.”
Here’s how fans on social networks reacted to the scenes.
One said: “Just not useful, is it”, while another commented: “Why? What did he hurt? Remember, we had practically sold it to Leicester before having shipped it to Everton. The boy has always done his best in a leeds shirt.”
A third wrote: “I do not understand, if he is ready to put the work and from what I have seen so far, he drives out players and the fact, give him a chance to prove that it is worth it.”
A fourth said: “Above how I expected it to happen”, and a fifth added: “Pathetic”.
Earlier this week, Smyth gave an update on Harrison’s current status in Elland Road.
“Sources close to the player say he was never going to refuse to report and that club sources say that his attitude has been perfect, but there is no ignorance of the elephant in the room,” he wrote in the NEWSHIRE EVENT Post NewsletterAccording to Leeds United News.
“This is a re-mariage of the disadvantages and if it were to be formalized during Everton at Elland Road for the first game of the new season, thousands rose to speak now objection rather than to hold their peace.”
He added: “According to all the accounts, did what all Leeds United footballers should do. He is formed hard, like a professional.”
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