According to Leeds Live, his failure to cement his place in Monk’s side may have been inevitable.
Monk seemed wedded on playing Adam Clayton and Grant Leadbitter in midfield, with - as Leeds Live put it - ‘Jonny Howson and Stewart Downing - or a striker like Patrick Bamford or Martin Braithwaite - were used in the No 10 role’.
It meant Baker never really had an opportunity to stake a claim in the first team.
Tony Pulis’ arrival after Monk’s departure midway through the campaign didn’t help either, with Baker not making the ex-Stoke boss’ rigid first-team plans.
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