{"id":428906,"date":"2025-09-16T12:50:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T12:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/428906\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T12:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T12:50:15","slug":"harry-gray-in-line-for-leeds-united-opportunity-as-calvert-lewin-concern-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/428906\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Gray in line for Leeds United opportunity as Calvert-Lewin concern emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2-Insets-1-1-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Harry Gray in action for Leeds with Dominic Calvert-Lewin in frame\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Imago<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758027013_496_00b64913d297112f0119828c00681b23\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Josh Edwards\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Tue 16 September 2025 12:40, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Harry Gray is one of the brightest prospects in English football.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/matchday\/archie-gray-sends-message-as-leeds-united-finally-lift-championship-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archie Gray was a resounding success at Leeds United<\/a>, and his transition to Spurs was seamless when he made the move to North London.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Leeds have the same hope with his younger brother, Harry, who has already made his debut at first-team level at just 16 years old.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/matchday\/wolves-vs-leeds-united-result-predicted-by-supercomputer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds travel to face Wolves<\/a> with hopes of picking up their first away win of the season, and the teenager may be handed a golden chance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Harry-Gray-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Harry Gay celebrating for Leeds\" class=\"wp-image-192315\" \/>Credit: Imago<strong>Dominic Calvert-Lewin yet to impress at Leeds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After failing to sign a marquee striker in the summer, pressure was piled on <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/dominic-calvert-lewin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dominic Calvert-Lewin<\/a> to hit the ground running at Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>While there are factors to take into account, he has failed to do that so far, with <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/news\/ally-mccoist-makes-calvert-lewin-point-as-jeff-stelling-reiterates-leeds-united-concern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ally McCoist concerned about where Leeds\u2019 goals are going to come<\/a> from after a poor miss in their defeat to Fulham.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What McCoist said about Calvert-Lewin and Leeds<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>\u201cIf memory serves me right, I wrote it down after I watched the game. I think Calvert-Lewin had a great chance.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBut particularly if you\u2019re a club like Leeds, Sunderland or Burnley, going away from home, you\u2019ve got to take any chances you get. Any chances you get, you\u2019ve got to be clinical.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lukas Nmecha has scored Leeds\u2019 only goal of the season, while Joel Piroe has become somewhat of an outcast despite an impressive campaign in the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Farke\u2019s options are thin, and it could represent a golden chance for <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/harry-gray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gray<\/a> to stake a claim for his place in the matchday squad.<\/p>\n<p>At the very worst, Farke surely should be thinking about including him on the bench and allowing him to showcase his ability, with those ahead of him doing little to impress.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Daniel-Farke-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds United manager Daniel Farke straight faced\" class=\"wp-image-208071\" \/>Credit: Imago<strong>Leeds may lose Harry Gray if they fail to show pathway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At 16 years old, <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/news\/leeds-united-one-of-only-four-premier-league-clubs-involved-in-alarming-statistic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gray will not necessarily be expecting to be a regular in the Premier League<\/a>, but with such high praise and a good record at youth level, he will be wondering when his chance will come.<\/p>\n<p>If that isn\u2019t going to arrive when those ahead of him are failing to perform, it begs the question as to when it will, and with European teams likely circling for Gray\u2019s signature, it will force him to think.<\/p>\n<p>In just three starts in the Premier League 2, Gray has four goals and one assist.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, he scored five in 10, and he has shown that he deserves a real chance in the first team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enjoyed this article?<\/strong> Stay connected with all the latest Leeds United news, updates, and behind-the-scenes content by following us on our new Instagram account \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/goodisonnews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/motleedsnews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@motleedsnews<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/pablo-hernandez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago Tue 16 September 2025 12:40, UK Harry Gray is one of the brightest prospects in English&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,33761,393,4884,30594,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-428906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-dominic-calvert-lewin","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-harry-gray","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115214066000956590","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428906","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=428906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}