If Leeds United do not get promoted, 26-year-old has clause which means he’ll go on loan again

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Jack Harrison was arguably one of the most disappointing loan departures from Leeds United in the summer.

Harrison was one of 11 players to depart Elland Road temporarily following the club’s relegation, eight of which were regular members of last season’s first team squad.

The 26-year-old was just one of two of those aforementioned players able to secure a return to the Premier League, as he made the move to Everton.

And according to Phil Hay’s latest Athletic article, he could well do so again. If Leeds fail to secure promotion back to the top-flight this season, Harrison has a clause in his contract that would allow him to go out on loan next summer.

Harrison only signed a new five-year-deal at Elland Road in April, which would therefore put Leeds in a decent position to sell. However, that would be gone, due to this clause.

Harrison’s second loan clause another Orta blunder

Angus Kinnear revealed back in September that moving players out on loan has saved them £40 million on wages for the year, which is obviously very good for profit and sustainability rules.

However, to then include another loan clause ahead of what could be Leeds’ second season back in the Championship surely defeats the point of what they were there last summer for.

For many of the players who took Leeds down, their value was considerably lower than what was paid to bring them to Elland Road, though that was not the case with Harrison.

The idea was that they spent a season out on loan, performed well and restored their value so that they could be sold for somewhere close to how much they originally cost.

However, a second loan clause completely changes that, especially when you consider Leeds could quite comfortably make a profit on the £11 million they spent to sign Harrison permanently.