Leeds United goalkeeper Kiko Casilla has clear objective this season

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Leeds United goalkeeper Kiko Casilla has told the Yorkshire Evening Post that promotion is the only focus for the 2019/20 campaign.

The Spanish stopper was part of the Leeds team that was dumped out of the play-offs by Derby County at the semi-final stage last season.

Casilla boasts Champions League winners medals with Real Madrid but now has a completely different goal in mind.

The 32-year-old is desperate to help the club into the Premier League and believes it can be achieved this season.

He told the Yorkshire Evening Post: “Promotion to the Premier League is what we want from this year.

“I’m really happy at Leeds. The team is a good team and the family are very happy in Leeds too.”

Casilla signed for the Whites in January and played 17 games for Marcelo Bielsa’s team.

TBR Verdict

Casilla is right to target promotion but after his erratic display in the play-off semi-final second leg, he will want to protect his own form too.

Given his pedigree, he is quite clearly a good goalkeeper. In 17 games last season he only kept five clean sheets, however, and he will hope for an improvement on that front.

Leeds have the tools to get promotion this season but they must avoid a second half of the season capitulation like 2018/19.

Pontus Jansson has departed, but Helder Costa and Ben White have arrived to bolster the Whites at both ends of the pitch.