Leeds United: Young stars shine on international duty

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00:00 Of course, some Leeds United players were in under-21 duty for international sides.

00:07 You've got Archie Gray for England, you've got Matteo Joseph for Spain, you've got Willy Nonto for Italy.

00:12 So, again, Leeds players making an impact on the international scene and they all seem to me like relative successors.

00:20 Absolutely, yeah. The way to summarise that is you say the future is bright, there's no doubt about that whatsoever

00:25 and you just hope that that immediate future is in the Premier League next season

00:28 and obviously time will tell over these final seven, eight games.

00:31 But, yeah, all three of them. It's basically a Leeds United hat-trick of impacts really on that one same night.

00:35 In terms of Archie Gray having an assist for the 21s, which obviously followed a goal on his debut for the 21s.

00:41 I mean, that was just typical of his season really.

00:43 Obviously, elevated to that level and then he comes on and then straight away gets his first goal.

00:48 Absolutely incredible stuff. What a talent. We've spoken about him so many times on here already.

00:52 But the reality is he's only going to get better and better.

00:55 He's obviously no longer this 17-year-old now. He's now 18. He's a bit old now, isn't he?

01:01 But, I mean, the whole world ahead, the future ahead of him.

01:03 And he is literally only going to get better and better and even something like playing for the 21s.

01:08 And obviously, Gareth Southgate has already spoken about him.

01:10 You know, dropping his name in the press conference as an option for the midfield for the future.

01:15 I mean, that's going to do wonders for his confidence, not that he's short of confidence anyway.

01:18 And Leeds have got a hugely, hugely exciting talent there.

01:22 A real one-off, there's no doubt about it.

01:24 Matteo Joseph, in his own right, is a very, very talented young player.

01:27 Obviously, scoring on his second outing for Spain under 21s.

01:30 He's an interesting one that he basically had the choice of England or Spain, essentially, internationally.

01:34 And, you know, sort of a few raised eyebrows when he went with Spain.

01:37 But, I mean, he's probably thinking, well, I might make more of an impact there.

01:40 That's not to belittle Spain, obviously, you know, in terms of a huge nation.

01:43 And straight away, he's kind of improved, right? Really scoring straight away on his second game.

01:47 And mad celebrations from him there, as you can imagine. That was a huge moment for him.

01:51 And Willy Nonso is almost like the forgotten one, I suppose, at that level.

01:54 Because, obviously, he's been established for so long, or seems so long, at Leeds.

01:58 You almost forget how young he is. And the fact is, he's 20, Joseph's 20, and Archie's obviously 18.

02:03 So, I mean, all three very, very young.

02:05 But Nonso, at the moment, in the Italy under 21 squad.

02:08 But, obviously, producing the goods for them with an assist the same night as Joseph got his goal.

02:13 And great, got his assist, as I say, at Leeds United.

02:15 Hat-trick of impacts at under 21 level.

02:18 And all three hugely exciting talents. As I say, you forget how young Nonso is.

02:22 So, that's very, very exciting in its own right.

02:24 And, yeah, I mean, the future is extremely bright.

02:27 I mean, obviously, they're the three that are coming through at the moment.

02:30 But the thing is, as you look at Leeds and, obviously, the academy,

02:32 they've got great young players coming through as well.

02:34 I mean, we don't need to over-hype them on here by giving names.

02:37 But one of them might be related to Archie Gray. We'll see what happens in the future there.

02:41 But I'm not going to start mentioning names about his younger brother just yet.

02:45 But there's no doubt there are other ones coming through.

02:47 They are the three that are setting the example at the moment.

02:49 I mean, obviously, Nonso and Archie are first-teamers already.

02:54 You sort of play them every week pretty much.

02:56 Obviously, Nonso, it's a bit difficult because, obviously,

02:58 you've got the winger situation where you can't play all of the wingers.

03:02 But I suppose the big challenge out of those three is Mateo Joseph,

03:04 because you look at him making an impact for Spain under 21s already.

03:08 And a player like that, you would think, with his talent

03:10 and how quickly he's emerging through the ranks as such,

03:14 probably should be starting already for a championship team.

03:17 But that just shows the strength and depth that Leeds have got.

03:20 Because, obviously, you can't just put him straight in

03:22 if you basically have to play him instead of Bamford, I suppose.

03:25 So, the challenge is there for him to get first-team football.

03:28 And he'll be championing at the bit. He's a very exciting young player.

03:30 And the whole future for Leeds United is very exciting. There's no doubt about that.

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