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title: "Leeds: Pundit claims Ian Poveda’s Whites career is over"
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author: "Henry Jackson"
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published: "2021-08-28T10:15:33Z"
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# Leeds: Pundit claims Ian Poveda’s Whites career is over

**Former Leeds United defender Danny Mills believes Ian Poveda’s Whites career is over, following his loan move to Blackburn Rovers this summer.**

### The Lowdown: Poveda heads out on loan

The 21-year-old isn’t seen as a key part of Marcelo Bielsa’s plans this season, so he will spend the 2021/22 campaign on loan at Ewood Park after a temporary deal was [confirmed](https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/28578/ian-poveda-makes-blackburn-rovers-loan-move) this week.

Poveda is yet to fully establish himself at Leeds in general, [failing to make a single Premier League start](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/369229/History/Ian-Poveda-Ocampo) last time around, coming on 14 times as a substitute.

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### The Latest: Mills makes brutal prediction

Speaking to [*Football Insider*](https://www.footballinsider247.com/mills-poveda-surplus-to-requirements-at-leeds-united-after-confirmed-news/), Mills gave a bleak outlook regarding the youngster’s Whites future, when asked if he thinks he will remain at the club:

> “No is the answer. Once you get sent out on loan it’s very difficult to come back and have a real impact.
>
> “The reason you are being sent out on loan is because you are surplus to requirements.
>
> “That sticks in your mind, even if you go out and have a fantastic season, it’s always in your mind that ‘This manager did not want me last season’.
>
> “There’s always a bit of a hangover from that. It’s quite hard to shake off sometimes.”

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### The Verdict: Time up for youngster?

At 21, Poveda certainly has time on his side – some fans praised his performance at home to Manchester City last season, [calling](https://tbrfootball.com/leeds-fans-praise-ian-poveda-for-performance-in-manchester-city-draw/) him ‘immense’, among other superlatives – but if Bielsa saw him as a key man moving forward, he would surely have kept him as part of his squad.

The hope is that the youngster impresses at Blackburn and goes up a gear, although even if he does, it is difficult to see him ever being a star figure at Elland Road.

He hasn’t done enough to justify that yet, and as Leeds move on without him, he could only get left further behind.

***In other news, Leeds are believed to be interested in making a late summer move for one player. Find out who it is [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-transfer-rumours/leeds-whites-interested-in-late-move-for-noa-lang/).***