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Gaetano Berardi hints he’ll sign new Leeds contract this season
Gaetano Berardi that he expects to stay at Leeds United for the coming season amid doubts over his Elland Road future.
Berardi was the one senior player who had to have his contract extended to ensure that he could see out the club’s promotion-winning campaign.
that Berardi had penned terms until the end of the season. Unfortunately, it proved to be a bittersweet end to the campaign for the defender.
Berardi sustained a serious injury in the penultimate game at Derby County. Agonisingly, that he would miss up to nine months.
Of course, that left his future even further up in the air. But Berardi appears to have suggested that he expects to return to Leeds in the near future as he continues his recovery from injury.
“I go walking a lot but it’s going well, even if it will be a long recovery. At the end of September I should go back to England to define everything and still stay in Leeds,” .
TBR View: Berardi earned new deal at Leeds
It would have been a surprise had Leeds not offered Berardi fresh terms. He has been a fantastic servant during his time with the Whites.
And he deserves additional credit for signing a new contract for the rest of the season when there was obviously the risk that he could pick up a serious injury.
Of course, that may not have necessarily meant that Berardi would stay. He did struggle for game-time last season. And he comes across as the kind of character who would not want to sign a new deal if he feels that he is not going to be able to contribute to the cause.
But his comments would certainly suggest that another chapter will be written before the 31-year-old is done at Leeds.