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da apostaganha： This article is part of Football FanCast’s Loan Watch series, which takes a closer look at those players who are aiming to galvanise their careers away from the spotlight of their parent club.
To say Conor Shaughnessy was a neglected figure at Leeds would be an understatement.
The 23-year-old has appeared just 15 times for the senior team and hasn’t been seen in the Championship since January 2018, a 1-0 defeat against Ipswich.
He only played once last term but that came in the Carabao Cup before a move to Hearts.
Under Marcelo Bielsa, he’s rarely been favoured so a decision to send him out on loan again looks sensible, certainly on paper at least.
Before the window closed for League One and League Two, Mansfield snapped him up on a temporary basis.
The versatile individual was initially signed from Reading but after a breakthrough 2017/18, hasn’t made the necessary strides to make him a regular in the side.
Shaughnessy is predominantly a defender but has also appeared in midfield, albeit he’s only done so on three occasions at senior level.
However, after his debut for Mansfield, it’s a role arguably Leeds should have considered more.
Perhaps rather surprisingly he started in defensive midfield in League Two at the weekend, a role he hasn’t featured in on a regular basis since his youth career.
Now 23, you’d want a player like Shaughnessy to start improving and certainly on his debut for Mansfield, he showed promising strides.
He won two aerial duels and the same number of tackles, as well as having a hand in playing key passes, per WhoScored.
It showed there was a dynamic nature and versatility to his play that Bielsa likes.
He’s played multiple players in different roles this season, including Pablo Hernandez on the flanks and more centrally whilst the same has been done with Jack Harrison.
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Finding someone to provide cover for Kalvin Phillips in holding midfield could be somewhat of an issue going forward. He played 44 times last term without many people being able to step into his shoes.
It might be a stretch too far to suggest Shaughnessy had the quality but it’s not as though he hasn’t featured in the Championship before.
Therefore, a loan exit and the role he could have played within the senior side should have been thought about twice.
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