Leeds United have a young star in Archie Gray

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A huge future on the cards.

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00:00 And just on players that are already at the club that have made an incredible difference,

00:04 Archie Gray, I mean, what have Leeds got there?

00:06 17 years old, he's played most minutes so far in the championship already for Leeds this season,

00:11 which is an incredible achievement.

00:13 - Yeah. - What have they got there with him?

00:15 Is there a sort of bright future ahead?

00:17 - Oh, absolutely superb talent, yeah.

00:19 I mean, it's scary really to think he's still 17

00:21 and you sort of write about him and you say he's 17

00:23 and you think he's, you think he must,

00:24 surely he must turn 18 next week or something.

00:26 He's not 18 till next March.

00:28 It's absolutely unbelievable.

00:29 But yeah, I mean, there was, you know,

00:30 there was talk about him all last season.

00:32 I think everybody knew that Leeds had a seriously talented youngster there.

00:34 We've obviously seen him for the 21s and the 23s,

00:37 all sorts of facets to his game, really.

00:39 Obviously, both being a defensive midfielder as part of that pivot

00:41 and also a normal centre mid, but even more attacking.

00:44 I mean, I was at Helen Road in one of the 21s games

00:46 when he scored a fantastic audacious lob.

00:48 I mean, just always looked like a very, very good player.

00:50 I suppose the thing was, was, you know,

00:52 can he come straight into the first team and settle in?

00:54 And even though he finished heavily in pre-season,

00:56 you sort of like wondered, you know,

00:58 are we doing the right thing here?

00:59 Actually thinking he'll start the opening game of the season,

01:01 but you kind of felt like he would purely because of how many minutes

01:03 he played during the summer friendly games.

01:05 And he's just come in, like, taking it like it's just been smooth sailing,

01:08 you know, absolutely like duck to water job.

01:10 And I think him and Ampadu in the centre midfield,

01:12 like, you know, there aren't many positives at the start of the season for Leeds,

01:15 but those two in the middle of the park is one of them.

01:18 I mean, I think whatever happens with this team,

01:20 I think they could probably still do with another midfielder in as well.

01:22 But I think those two, you know,

01:23 as a midfield pivot should work really, really well.

01:26 You can't put too much pressure on him.

01:27 And Daniel Sfarke said that himself, you know,

01:29 he sort of two points to what Daniel said about Archie really,

01:32 which is that number one, you know,

01:33 you can't sort of like rely on a player like that for the whole season,

01:36 which is understandable.

01:37 You can't really, you need to have more than that,

01:38 despite him being a superb talent.

01:40 But he's also said basically, if you're good enough,

01:43 then, you know, you'll play, you know,

01:44 it doesn't matter about your age.

01:45 And, you know, even though he's 17, I think, you know,

01:47 he literally is already becoming one of the first names on the team sheet,

01:50 which sounds like a bit of a, you know,

01:51 big thing to say about a 17 year old who's only played two league games,

01:54 but he has looked that good.

01:56 As I say, solid as a CDM, like very, very calm, composed,

01:59 get stuck in, already put some good tackles in.

02:01 He's got a great range of passing,

02:03 but interesting as well when he played as a number 10 in the first half

02:06 against Shrewsbury, I thought he looked really good in that position.

02:08 He made lots of good darting runs, you know, between the lines,

02:11 but basically just wasn't picked out.

02:12 So, yeah, I think the biggest question mark of Archie long-term really will be

02:16 where he plays, whether he plays as a centre midfielder or a bit, you know,

02:18 a bit more higher up the pitch or as a CDM,

02:20 but an extremely, extremely talented player that's going to continue the

02:23 great history and Leeds have got a special one on their hands there.

02:26 A special man, a special boy, should I say, on their hands there for sure.

02:30 Great player.

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