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Leeds United’s versatile star Rodrigo Moreno has explained that the position he feels most comfortable playing is in the pocket of space behind a central striker.

The 29-year-old was the marquee addition at the start of the season out of all the summer signings, as he moved to Elland Road from La Liga club Valencia.

He is a left-footed talent that has 25 caps for Spain and adds some extra flair to Marcelo Bielsa’s XI.

But he’s been used in a variety of different positions so far for the Yorkshire giants, including as a forward, attacking midfielder and box-to-box midfielder.

Rodrigo has revealed that his favoured position is in a number 10 role, which in Leeds would be working off first-choice striker Patrick Bamford.

“The position I feel most comfortable is behind the striker,” Rodrigo told BBC West Yorkshire Sport.

“It is the position I used to play when I had better performances in Benfica, in Valencia also. It’s true that I have some characteristics that I can adapt myself for different positions. But I think, in my opinion, that’s the position I can give more to the team.”

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Rodrigo has three goals and zero in 17 games across all competitions this season for Leeds, which suggests that it’s not gone perfectly for him at Elland Road.

The £58,000-a-week star (Spotrac) has shown some real flashes of individual brilliance, plus he’s got the intelligence, aggressiveness and work-rate to fit a Bielsa side.

But he’s definitely capable of going through a few more gears as the season develops, so he’s certainly someone to watch carefully in the second half of the campaign.