Leeds United: Minor injury ruled Charlie Crew out of first-team training call-up at Thorp Arch
Leeds United sensation Charlie Crew was ruled out of first-team training with Daniel Farke’s side at Thorp Arch because of a minor injury, according to the Yorkshire Evening Post.
The outlet reported on its website on Wednesday (13 March) that the 17-year-old midfielder has been scheduled to take part in first-team training with Farke’s automatic promotion-chasing squad in recent weeks.
However, the Welsh youth international suffered a minor injury which ruled him out. Crew is expected to play a part for Wales’ U21s in March, despite his young age as he continues to impress both club and international level.
Will Charlie Crew play for Leeds United this season?
Farke has already shown this season that he isn’t afraid to throw young talents into the Leeds United first team if he feels that they are ready enough to make a consistently positive impact on his squad week in and week out.
The Whites manager has started 17-year-old Archie Gray 32 times in the Championship this season and put an awful lot of faith in the young midfielder, playing him both in the middle of the park and at right-back week in and week out.
If Crew shows Farke that he is worthy of first-team involvement, the German will almost certainly give him game time between now and the end of the season, regardless of the fact he is still a teenager with limited experience.
It seems as though the 17-year-old’s injury couldn’t have come at a much worse time as he appeared to be moving closer to a place in the first-team squad this term, but that won’t be the only opportunity he’ll be afforded at Thorp Arch.
Hopefully, Leeds supporters will see another academy sensation featuring regularly in Farke’s team in the coming weeks and months, whether they win promotion to the Premier League or not.
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