Being involved in a Team of the Season is a massive achievement for any player, especially in the Premier League. Although when that team is the top flight’s ‘Ineffective XI’, it doesn’t quite hold the same value, or any value at all for that matter.
That is unfortunately the team Diego Llorente has found himself included in after a campaign that – other than the final day – won’t live long in the memory of Leeds United supporters. He really struggled to build on an impressive, albeit injury-disrupted, debut campaign and will have fallen out of many fans’ best Whites XI.
To make matters worse for the eight-time Spain international, he finds himself in the heart of WhoScored.com’s stats-based Premier League Ineffective XI defence. The statistic they have justified his inclusion with is his aerial duel success rate which was just 43.9%, the lowest of any centre-back in the division.
