Real Betis have already closed a deal with Marc Roca to renew his loan for another season should Leeds United fail to be promoted to the Premier League. Those from Ellan Road, who occupied a direct promotion place until a few days ago, squandered their options, having lost four of their last six games, in favor of Ipswich Town – who were promoted yesterday , with Leicester – and now have to play a tough playoff, first against Norwich in a two-legged match (May 12 and 16) and then against the winner of Southampton-West Bromwich in the single-legged final on May 26 at Wembley.
If Leeds succeed in getting promoted to the Premier, Marc Roca, 27 years old and under contract there until 2026, will have to rejoin their ranks and the green and white club will have to negotiate a transfer to continue to rely on his services, and the Englishman is asking around 10 million euros for it, an amount that Betis is not in a position to pay.
If Leeds do not go up, Marc Roca can play another year on loan at the club that will take over his contract and the agreement with Betis in that sense is intact. At the end of next season, he has only one year left on his contract in English and the green and white club can negotiate his transfer under more advantageous conditions, so high expectations in green and white club what Leeds can do in this playoff which will play, after letting go of a promotion in its hands, as the worst team in the Championship in the last six rounds, where it has added only 4 points, compared to 9 from Ipswich and Leicester , who achieved the direct promotion places
Source: La Verdad
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