Archie Gray has potential to become ‘massive player’ for Leeds United – Tim Thornton
Leeds United youngster Archie Gray has the potential to become a “massive player” for the club, according to Sky Sports reporter Tim Thornton.
The attacking midfielder is one of the academy players who has been training with the senior team this season.
Thornton, while talking to Givemesport, suggested that Gray could become the something special for the Whites in the years to come.
“The fact that he’s [Gray] been in and around the first team at his age tells you a lot,” he said. “So, they don’t need to rush him.
“But he’ll probably get opportunities as the season goes on and if he can continue to develop, then he could be a massive player for Leeds in years to come.”
One for the future
Leeds are one of the big clubs in England that heavily rely on their academy products for success even in the top division. The other big club that is famous for using homegrown talent is Southampton.
Leeds’ route back into the top-flight football in England after a gap of 16 years was also mostly down to their academy grads.
It is no wonder that even at the time of letting players big players like Kalvin Phillips who joined Manchester City, Leeds were focused on signing some of the highly-rated youngsters from the reigning Premier League champions.
Having a youngster like Gray coming through the ranks and being highly rated as mentioned by Thornton, is definitely great news for the Whites fans and they will be hoping that manager Jesse Marsch look after the development of the player who is not only just 16 years old but also has two assists to his name in just four Premier League 2 appearances [Transfermarkt].
In other Leeds United news, European newspapers are raving over the “animalistic’” performance of one Whites star on international duty.