Fly now’ Leeds United players’ telling dressing room response to Archie Gray’s Tottenham move
Leeds United fans expressed their love and frustration upon learning that Archie Gray, one of the best young players the club has produced in decades, was leaving after just one season in the starting lineup.
Leeds had to sell Gray in order to balance the books for profit and sustainability, as well as to allow the eighteen-year-old to continue playing at the best level despite the fact that the team’s failure to secure automatic promotion back to the Premier League ultimately cost them financially. Several fans are finding it difficult to accept the news right now, and once all the players return, there will undoubtedly be sadness at Leeds’ training facility because Gray was a well-liked player and a real talent that the team knows they lost.
Reactions from teammates Georginio Rutter and Liam Cooper, Gray’s club captain and a man he knows well, read, “Fly now my friend,” and “Wishing you nothing but the best Arch.” a youthful, committed athlete with an entire career ahead of them. Quite pleased with you, buddy.
Joe Gelhardt also expressed the same sentiment, “All the best lad,” but Pascal Struijk was succinct and direct with his “All the best brother” communication. as well as Jamie Shackleton: “Happy trails, my love.” The response from former Leeds teammate Luke Ayling was, “All the best my man,” and from darts world champion Luke Humphries, “Wishing you all the best mate!!”