Leeds United are famed for their ability to produce and develop young talent, with a clear pathway to the first-team a part of the fabric of the club for decades now.
Given the club’s vast financial resources,
was always likely to be something of an aggressive approach to Leeds building their squad in the hope of making their latest EFL stint a brief one this season, but academy products such as Crysencio Summerville and Pascal Struijk were fundamental pieces of Daniel Farke’s side in 2023/24.
On top of that pair, there were a number of young players on Leeds’ books who had come through their academy set-up, who would have been hoping for more chances this season in the Championship, and that has proven to be the case, with Archie Gray the latest off the conveyor belt of young talent emerging from the club in recent years.
Famously, Leeds have tended to afford their young players opportunities, from Gray and his well-documented rise this season, to the likes of James Milner, Kalvin Phillips, Fabian Delph, Jonny Howson, Lewis Cook, and Jonathan Woodgate in the not-so distant past as well.
Farke needs to be sure that the younger lads can contribute again next year, and the early signs have been positive with Mateo Joseph starting his first league game for the club during the 3-3 draw with Portsmouth on opening weekend in the Championship.
The Leeds academy is famed in England for producing talent, and with that in mind, we have taken a look at three players that could save the club millions, should they make the grade over the next few seasons in West Yorkshire like Gray has.
The family name speaks to the talents of
Harry Gray
Archie (pictured above) and Harry Gray at Leeds. They are in good company as the grandnephews of Leeds legend Eddie Gray, with another favourite with the Whites faithful in Frank Gray as their grandfather, and they are also Andy Gray’s son; all of whom played for Leeds at one stage or another.
Archie’s 15-year-old brother, Harry Gray, is the spitting image of his sibling, and has been linked with a move away previously, with Man City one interested party potentially. He is also said to be attracting plenty of interest from the Premier League, much like his older brother had prior to his summer switch to Tottenham Hotspur.
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