🎧 Are Leeds becoming a 'destination' club?

BBC Radio Leeds' Adam Pope considers Pep Guardiola's comments on letting his Manchester City players have some time off for drinks and relaxation before returning to training in the build-up to facing Leeds.

"Clearly he's trying to get an edge over Mikel Arteta," Pope told the Don't Go To Bed Just Yet podcast.

"How do you get an edge on someone you worked so closely with?

"Arsenal went and answered a lot of critics at Tottenham. It's on Man City now against Leeds.

"I have people messaging me saying 'if Leeds play their game, they have every chance of getting a point'.

"There's one thing this Premier League has shown, nobody is impenetrable this season.

"Leeds have surprised everybody to the point now where they are not surprising people by getting results. It's going to be a tough ask for City.

"This Leeds side don't lie down, they don't let anybody really steamroller them at all, the Arsenal game aside.

"The way Leeds are talked about in the league now, not just one of the plucky sides, but how well they are set up."

Kaiser Chiefs bassist Simon Rix raised the prospect of a poisoned chalice if the likes of Ethan Ampadu, Jayden Bogle, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Joe Rodon impress so much this season that big bids come in for their services.

Pope replied: "It's the place where you want to be in terms of if your players are doing that well, they are talked about and wanted.

"But then, Leeds are going to become a club you want to stay at. Not just relegation fodder. I know you need two years to settle into the Premier League but it feels like it is becoming more and more of a destination place as a club rather than just the sort of place to play Premier League football.

"Yes there will be bids but I can see Leeds hanging on."

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