{"id":542392,"date":"2025-11-01T16:45:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/542392\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T16:45:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:45:20","slug":"what-ethan-ampadu-and-leeds-united-players-did-upon-seeing-georginio-rutter-at-brighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/542392\/","title":{"rendered":"What Ethan Ampadu and Leeds United players did upon seeing Georginio Rutter at Brighton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Leeds United take on Brighton on Saturday, which has seen Georginio Rutter reunited with his former teammates.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been over a week since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/club\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds United<\/a> got back to winning ways with a vital three points against West Ham at Elland Road, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/daniel-farke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Farke\u2019s<\/a> side are finally back in action on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds have travelled down to a very unhappy hunting ground on the south coast to take on Brighton, hoping to get their first ever win at the Amex. The Whites haven\u2019t even scored there since 2012.<\/p>\n<p>It will take a big performance to change that around and Leeds will have to stop a player they know all too well in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/georginio-rutter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georginio Rutter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leeds sold Rutter to Brighton for a record transfer sale in the summer of 2024 and he is up against his former side for the first time since.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/ethan-ampadu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ethan Ampadu<\/a> said hello in a very funny way.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2195177984-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Georginio Rutter of Brighton celebrates scoring his team's third goal during the Premier League match against Manchester United FC.\" class=\"wp-image-90803\" \/>Photo by Joe Prior\/Visionhaus via Getty ImagesEthan Ampadu jokingly slaps Georginio Rutter in reunion<\/p>\n<p>After the two sets of sides had concluded their warm-ups ahead of the mid-table clash, Rutter headed towards the Leeds backroom staff to say hello.<\/p>\n<p>As the Frenchman was hugging his old colleagues, the devious Ampadu sneaked up on him and jokingly delivered a jumping slap to the back of his head, as Graham Smyth reports.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First blood Ampadu. Nicely delivered jumping slap to the back of Georginio Rutter&#8217;s head while the Frenchman was hugging Leeds backroom staff members.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lufc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#lufc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Graham Smyth (@GrahamSmyth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrahamSmyth\/status\/1984632922326901057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>MORE LEEDS UNITED STORIES<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/ilia-gruev\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ilia Gruev<\/a> was a bit more traditional in his greeting, as he gave Rutter a big hug.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds fans haven\u2019t been quite as friendly, and there has been a spattering of boos when Rutter touches the ball.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United take on Brighton on Saturday, which has seen Georginio Rutter reunited with his former teammates. 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