Leeds United midfielder Archie Gray is among a select group of Championship players to have consolidated a starting role at 17 years old over the past decade.
English football’s second tier has for several years doubled as a finishing school for players who would go on to become household names, offering valuable senior exposure to youngsters taking their first steps in the professional game. While many are given an opportunity, few excel to the extent that they are deemed first-team regulars during their debut professional season, but that is the bracket in which Leeds’ Archie Gray currently finds himself.
Nevertheless, it is clear that to play at such regular intervals, even in the second tier, at the Leeds teen’s tender age, you need to have a bit. All being well, Gray will surpass the 1,000 minute mark with ease, perhaps before November’s international break. He may even eclipse 2,000 before turning 18 next March - something only Sessegnon, Elliott and Bellingham have achieved in the last decade.
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