Leeds klarer ikke å produsere spisser på akademiet (Smith unntaket). Såå vi satser på det beste fra yngre landslag, Gelhardt & Greenwood, Dean og McGurk, Perkins...
Men neida, på et eller annet tidspunkt så stopper det opp.
Men fortsatt er der ètt unntak, Mateo Joseph. Hàn ser det ut til at vi får til.
Førstelagsdebuten fra start i en viktig kamp i går, FA-cupens 5.runde, mot PL-motstand. Og resultatet er to scoringer, og et par solide sjanser i tillegg så hat-tricket var ikke langt unna.
Det var nok ikke det siste vi så til ham i går.
Via The Athletics nye Leeds-stemme (skal assistere Hay i dekningen av klubben) skriver Nancy Froston noen nye fakta om gutten:
But then, finishing is in the family — the 20-year-old who grew up in Spain is related to Emile Heskey via his father who is a cousin of the former Liverpool and England striker. Heskey’s son, Jaden Heskey, is on the books at Manchester City and the pair speak from time to time. They will have plenty to talk about after Joseph’s outing at Chelsea.
After growing up in a small village on the north coast of Spain, he started out at Racing Santander of the Segunda Division before making the 450-mile move to La Liga’s Espanyol in his early teens. In 2022, Leeds picked him up after he was spotted by Victor Orta, who flew out to Spain to sell the youngster on the project and pathway at Elland Road.
Announcing himself on a raucous night at Stamford Bridge is something of a homecoming as just down the road he has a grandmother who lives near Chelsea. That he had both Chelsea and Liverpool shirts bearing Fernando Torres’ name as a child tells the story of his dual nationality and influences with an English father and a Spanish mother. Joseph has not yet declared whether he will commit to Spain or England long term but, either way, he has the potential for a bright future.
https://theathletic.com/5302384/2024/02/29/leeds-chelsea-fa-cup-joseph-gray/