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Noel Whelan backs Juan Foyth for Leeds United transfer

Noel Whelan has told Football Insider that Tottenham Hotspur central defender Juan Foyth would be a good signing for Leeds United in the summer transfer window.

The former Leeds striker, who now works as a pundit for BBC Radio Leeds, has outlined why the 22-year-old Argentina international centre-back would make Marcelo Bielsa’s side better.

Whelan told Football Insider: Foyth from Tottenham, Bielsa and Pochettino both were asking and talking about him at the time to try get him on loan.

“At the time I think Tottenham needed him because of their right-back situation, suspensions and injuries to their centre-halves, because they started playing three at the back halfway through the season, he was required there.