'Leeds must do all they can to bring Solomon back'

As Manor Solomon gathered the ball at Home Park, away at Plymouth on the final day of the season, the odds were against him.

Three Argyle defenders plus the goalkeeper stood in his way. But he wriggled and squirmed his shot through all of them to send Leeds back to the Premier League as champions.

The gamble United and Daniel Farke took at the start of the season to bring the Israel international to Yorkshire on loan from Tottenham had paid off.

The winner at Plymouth was the third winning goal he struck in Leeds' final six games (Middlesborough, Oxford and Plymouth), meaning he alone was responsible for nine points during the run-in.

Solomon has a history of rising to the occasion.

During Shaktar Donetsk's 2020-21 Champions League campaign, the winger scored both home and away against Real Madrid. A move to the Premier League on loan at Fulham proved so successful he secured a transfer to Spurs.

But a series of injuries stalled his career and there remains questions over his physical resilience.

From January 2022 to the summer of 2024, Solomon missed 50 games for Fulham and Tottenham combined, in a stretch that saw him out of action for more than a year.

But despite the injury risk, Leeds' decision to roll the dice on the Israeli saw him finish joint-top of the Championship for the 'per 90' stats of goal-creating actions and non-penalty goals and assists.

Once he had settled and built a footballing understanding with his team-mates, when Leeds needed a hero, they looked to Manor who stepped up in big moments with a quality far beyond the Championship.

At 25, the winger is on the verge of his best years and has already shown glimpses of his enormous potential.

Now Leeds must do all they can to bring Solomon back to the club.

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