Leeds United: Don Goodman slams Jack Harrison decision amid Everton loan spell

Don Goodman has criticised Leeds United’s previous decision to insert a clause into Jack Harrison’s contract that allowed him to go out on loan after their relegation to the Premier League.

Speaking to MOT Leeds News, Goodman’s comments came amid Harrison’s struggles to make a game-changing impact in Everton’s first team.

Leeds inserted the same clause into a number of players’ contracts and this allowed plenty of players to capitalise on that last year and secure loan moves to other teams.

Some of those players have secured permanent exits since then, but the Toffees, who took him on loan during the 2023/24 campaign, decided to go down the same path during the summer and take him on another season-long loan.

Unfortunately for the Whites, they had no control over whether he went out on loan on either occasion, and that isn’t ideal for a club that could have benefitted from selling him during the summer window to balance the books, following their play-off final defeat against Southampton.

With his contract not expiring until the summer of 2028, Leeds could still be in a position to sell him in the future, but he isn’t making a real impact at Goodison Park during his second loan spell.