A handful of Leeds supporters have been reacting online after Kiko Casilla shared an Instagram story post, where the Spaniard was clearly unhappy at having to return for pre-season training.
Kiko looks well chuffed to be returning to Leeds ???? ???? #lufc pic.twitter.com/PJAuLjnEmB
— Lliam Brocksom (@lliambrocksom) June 23, 2019
The United first-team returned to Thorp Arch today for their first pre-season sessions of the 2019/20 season, as Marcelo Bielsa gets to work with the squad in a bid to tighten the gaps which scuppered our promotion efforts last term.
Casilla, despite only arriving at Elland Road in the winter, turned out to be one of the players who held us back at points, with his frantic decisions to rush off his line regularly causing problems at the back.
The former Real Madrid man’s efforts for the Whites, in fact, only returned six clean sheets in 19 games across the Championship and Play-Offs, with the 32-year-old conceding 22 goals in the 13 fixtures where the ball flew past him into the net at least once.
In fact, Casilla had the worst goals conceded record of any United player in the recent season, as the opposition were able to strike an average of 1.16 goals per game against him, compared to Bailey Peacock-Farrell’s 1.07.
Casilla’s failure to deliver the sort of impact we were all longing for has even led to the one-time Spain international’s future in West Yorkshire being cast into doubt, with the club allegedly open to parting ways in the summer.
Now that he has shared a post to his Instagram where he included crying emojis ahead of his return to West Yorkshire, some fans would be happier than ever to see the £2.7million-rated ‘keeper sold, while others took a more reasoned approach to their reply…
God help the air crew. They’ll be constantly telling him to stay in his place and stop running around the plane.
— RonKen (@RonnieK1024) June 23, 2019
I’d say it’s probably more to do with his summer being over and leaving family behind
— Ryan Turner (@RyanTurner1995) June 23, 2019
Imagine being sad going back to work after your holiday. Shocking.
— Luke Kelly Fan Account (@mikeopinions) June 23, 2019
Or you could be positive
— ???????? #DoItForBilly ???????? (@WACCOE) June 23, 2019
Wish he was as sad to leave his bloody box.
— huncho (@DraftHitta) June 23, 2019
He’s the one player I hope we get rid of.
— ScouseCozzy (@Carlos70791077) June 23, 2019
I’d say if wants the contract to be torn up he only has to ask …
— Who’s your Daithi ? (@Daithionaroll) June 23, 2019
Probably not looking forward to Coops tackling him again
— Peter Watts (@peterwatts92) June 23, 2019
They want to be erecting an electric fence around that 18 yard box for a start.
— Jamey Kemp (@jaykay1980) June 23, 2019
@KikoCasilla13 please stay in the airport and jump on the return flight!
— anthony francis (@ant246_anthony) June 24, 2019
If I was earning £30k a week I would be well chuffed to be coming back . What a waste of money! Another Orta mistake
— James Gibson (@Jimmypeak62) June 23, 2019