{"id":125890,"date":"2025-05-23T18:05:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T18:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/125890\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T18:05:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T18:05:16","slug":"leeds-united-told-theyve-got-a-top-talent-on-their-hands-after-embarrassing-joe-rodon-in-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/125890\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United told\u00a0they\u2019ve\u00a0got a \u2018top\u2019 talent on their hands after embarrassing Joe Rodon in training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Leeds United academy is famed for producing talent, with very few clubs in the country able to match the Whites\u2019 output for graduates.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Famously, Leeds United<\/a> have tended to afford their young players opportunities, from Archie Gray last season, to the likes of James Milner, Kalvin Phillips, and Jonathan Woodgate in the not-so-distant past.<\/p>\n

There are, and indeed were, a number of young players on Leeds\u2019 books who have come through the Leeds academy set-up<\/a>, with many getting their chance over the last two seasons in the Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Those sorts of minutes and opportunities will be harder to come by in the Premier League<\/a>. However, Patrick Bamford<\/a> is excited about the emerging talents of one particular player already.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Harry Trump\/Getty ImagesPatrick Bamford praises Harry Gray in Leeds United training<\/p>\n

The player Bamford has been particularly impressed by is Archie\u2019s brother, Harry Gray<\/a>. The 16-year-old has made one appearance for Leeds so far but many are excited by his future.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Ben Foster on the \u2018Fozcast \u2013 The Ben Foster Podcast\u2019, Bamford said: \u201cHarry and Archie look very, very similar; personalities couldn\u2019t be any different.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Archie came up, quiet but just got about it. Harry is chirpy. He is proper chirpy \u2014 but in a good way.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got no problem with having one of the first-team players off. At 16! I swear.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe, I think, in his head, knows he\u2019s good. I remember when Archie was still at Leeds, I went to watch for the 18s or 21s and Harry was playing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI literally \u2014 and he knows now because I\u2019ve told him \u2014 but I literally went to watch just to see him. He\u2019s good and he\u2019s going to be decent.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought, when he comes up, I\u2019ll try to help him a little bit. It\u2019s weird to say but he like looks up to me a little bit, so I can kind of get away with it with him a bit.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe could be top. He\u2019s tall, quite slim, quick, very aggressive. For how tall he is, his dribbling is a joke. He can put defenders on their arse.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn training, he does it a lot. He did it to Joe Rodon. He was through and he chopped the life out of him. Joe hates looking like that. So, all the lads jumped on it winding him up.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, times have changed with young players. But I quite like it, because I find him funny.\u201d<\/p>\n

The youngster\u2019s personality shines through already, after Harry Gray teased Harry Maguire<\/a> on social media. It makes it clearer to see why Daniel Farke has advised Gray to stay grounded<\/a> towards the end of the campaign during the promotion celebrations.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Michael Regan\/Getty ImagesIt\u2019s clear to see why there is Tottenham interest in Harry Gray <\/p>\n

Aaron Lennon believes Harry Gray has the potential<\/a> to be an absolutely incredible player, the ex-Spurs and Leeds winger has also compared Gray to Gareth Bale<\/a> and been very impressed.<\/p>\n\nTeam<\/td>\nAppearances<\/td>\nGoals<\/td>\nAssists<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLeeds United U-18<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLeeds United U-21<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLeeds United<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Harry Gray\u2019s Leeds United stats (all levels)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s already clear to see why Harry Gray has had interest from Tottenham<\/a>, which could reunite him with Archie. Most Leeds fans will hope that they face one another rather than play alongside one another.<\/p>\n

One day, it\u2019s possible that Harry and Archie wear white again. Both have the potential, with the right development and utilisation, to become England senior players one day.<\/p>\n

For Harry to have this much character and personality in his performances and around the training ground already? It speaks to a player with the right background, which the Gray family name implies.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Leeds United academy is famed for producing talent, with very few clubs in the country able to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,30594,742,1860,2924,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-125890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-harry-gray","12":"tag-joe-rodon","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-patrick-bamford","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114558476343681188","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}