{"id":94565,"date":"2025-05-12T05:36:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T05:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/94565\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T05:36:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T05:36:51","slug":"willy-gnonto-joe-rodon-react-to-ethan-ampadus-incredible-leeds-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/94565\/","title":{"rendered":"Willy Gnonto, Joe Rodon react to Ethan Ampadu&#8217;s &#8216;incredible&#8217; Leeds message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ampadu-Gnonto-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ethan Ampadu Willy Gnonto\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\" 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\/05\/10047eb34f7cdee34cb2e9cc996ca0f3\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Alex Oakhill\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Sat 10 May 2025 14:11, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Ethan Ampadu has sent a heartfelt message to Leeds fans after they confirmed promotion back to the Premier League.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It has been a week of celebrations for the club, after Manor Solomon\u2019s 91st minute winner against Plymouth ensured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sam-byram-awful-stunning-manor-solomon-bags-title-leeds-ratings-v-plymouth-argyle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds went up as champions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There was an open-top bus parade through the city, with thousands of fans lining the streets to commemorate their Championship success. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/ethan-ampadu-declares-leeds-parade-rampage-best-day-of-my-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds captain Ampadu made the most of the party<\/a>, leading chants about his team-mates and even wearing a traffic cone on his head.<\/p>\n<p>The Welshman made 29 league appearances for the Yorkshire-based club, helping them pip Burnley to the title.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2152714249-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ethan Ampadu of Leeds United during the Sky Bet Championship Play-Off Semi-Final 2nd Leg match between Leeds United and Norwich City at Elland Road...\" class=\"wp-image-574921\" \/>Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty Images<strong>Ampadu shows appreciation to Leeds fans<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After an outstanding season for the Elland Road outfit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/ethan-ampadu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ampadu<\/a> took to Instagram to reflect on their triumphant campaign.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder posted a compilation video which included him lifting the Championship trophy, with the popular Leeds anthem \u201cI predict a riot\u201d playing in the background.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>Position<\/td>\n<td><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Games<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Goal Difference<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Points<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Leeds (C)<\/td>\n<td>46<\/td>\n<td>65<\/td>\n<td>100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Burnley (P)<\/td>\n<td>46<\/td>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td>100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Sheffield United<\/td>\n<td>46<\/td>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<td>90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Leeds United finished top with 100 points<\/p>\n<p>In the caption, the club captain had a message for Leeds supporters: \u201cWhat a team, what a fanbase, what a city. Thank you for this incredible season Leeds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amapadu\u2019s team-mates were quick to react to the post, with winger Willy Gnonto and centre-back Joe Rodon both liking the video.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/manor-solomon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solomon<\/a>, Dan James, Illan Meslier and Largie Ramazani were among some of the other Leeds players to like the post.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Football Insider<\/strong> exclusively revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/manor-solomon-to-leeds-orourke-updates-on-permanent-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solomon is set to leave Tottenham this summer<\/a>, after a successful loan spell under Daniel Farke.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds set for summer shakeup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Football Insider Verdict<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the Yorkshire club make the step up to the Premier League, there will undoubtedly be a wrath of incomings and outgoings to ensure the squad can compete in the top flight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/exclusive-leeds-uniteds-premier-league-transfer-budget-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds will have a transfer budget of \u00a3150million<\/a> this summer, <strong>Football Insider<\/strong> exclusively revealed, and the signings will have to majorly improve the starting XI if the Whites are to have any chance of avoiding relegation.<\/p>\n<p>For the past two seasons, all three promoted clubs to the Premier League have gone straight back down, as the gap between the top two divisions widens.<\/p>\n<p>If <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/leeds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds<\/a> are to buck that trend and re-establish themselves as a top team again, they will have to be ruthless in their recruitment.<\/p>\n<p>Southampton, Leicester and Ipswich all failed to put together Premier League quality squads last summer, and they paid the price.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/daniel-farke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Farke\u2019s<\/a> side will be looking to learn from the mistakes of the three already relegated teams, and fight for surivival next season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit Imago) Sat 10 May 2025 14:11, UK Ethan Ampadu has sent a heartfelt message to Leeds fans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,1385,393,12411,4884,1860,12415,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-94565","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-daniel-farke","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-ethan-ampadu","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-manor-solomon","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114493249967537921","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94565","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=94565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}