James Milner’s return would have been the easy route for Leeds United, but Jesse Marsch and the hierarchy would rather pursue youth with room to develop. This summer marks 19 years since arguably the city’s finest footballing export moved onto pastures new.
Now 37, Milner signed his latest Liverpool contract last summer to extend his stay at Anfield by another season. It remains to be seen what the veteran chooses to do this summer, but there have been no reports of a fresh deal as yet.
Marsch did not elaborate on his Milner comment with details on when Leeds may or may not have had the chance to bring the city legend back home. However, Marsch’s overlap as head coach with the expiry of Milner’s last contract would suggest last summer may have been their chance.
