In a youth game, a senior Leeds United attacker returns from injury as a midfielder celebrates a breakthrough.
A senior Leeds United attacker made his injured comeback in a youth match over the weekend, which also saw another Whites midfielder achieve success.
Last month, Jack Harrison, 26, left Leeds to sign a season-long loan with Everton as he continued to heal from a hip injury that had stopped the winger from playing at all this season.
Harrison, though, received his first opportunity to play in Everton colours on Friday evening when the under-21s hosted the under-21s of Norwich City at Walton Hall Park in Premier League Two.
Harrison began the game on the right wing and played the entire first period as Paul Tait’s team won 2-1 thanks to goals from Jenson Metcalfe and Francis Okoronwo in the 28th and 59th minutes, respectively.
Sam Greenwood, a 21-year-old midfielder on loan from the Whites, enjoyed a breakthrough goal for Middlesbrough in Saturday’s 2-1 triumph over Championship visitors Southampton. Greenwood came on as a second-half substitute. For Boro, who are now in last place, the victory was their first victory of the year.
In Birmingham City’s Championship match against Queens Park Rangers on Friday night, Cody Drameh started and participated throughout the entire scoreless draw.
Sonny Perkins was not involved, though, as Oxford United defeated Exeter City 3-0 at home on Saturday to go up to second place in League Two.
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As the Whites visit Southampton, their early summer agreement with Russell Martin and tens of millions in transfer sales was hailed as a model Leeds United and others were being left behind by Southampton’s early summer deal with Russell Martin.
Southampton was meant to be the relegated team taking the fight to Leeds United this season, but with over £150 million in player sales and a new manager already lined up since mid-May, things changed. Russell Martin and the Saints, however, are now waiting for the Whites after losing four straight games and giving up 19, the most in the Championship.
The story was twisted to show how Southampton may benefit from being relegated to the Premier League drop before either the Whites or Leicester City. It purportedly enabled the team and its owners to start preparing for second-tier football sooner than their rivals and gain an advantage over the competition.
More than a week before the top-flight season had ended, on May 19, the first rumours about Martin’s departure from Swansea City being finalised. Even though he wasn’t officially given the position until June 22, it was well known that Martin was assembling his team weeks in advance of the announcement.
Theoretically, this would allow Martin more time to decide what to do with that group of players and start planning how he would try to reshape it in the summer transfer window. United was negotiating the politics of a takeover and ratification in the meantime.
Daniel Farke wouldn’t move into the office until July 4, and the EFL wouldn’t approve the takeover for another 13 days. Martin was seeing former Leeds winger Jason Wilcox push several eight-figure transactions as the German started to notice the long, gradual drip of loan exits, his transfer war chest drained.
While Leeds supporters got frustrated with the dearth of incomings and complete lack of income for the team,
Theoretically, this would allow Martin more time to determine which players were departing; Southampton was asking more than £150 million for players like James Ward-Prowse, Romeo Lavia, and Tino Livramento, among others.
Having their new manager in place nearly three months before the start of the season, making nine figures in transfer sales, and acquiring a number of top-flight loanees have put Southampton, who were the model held up as an example for relegated clubs in the summer, behind the Whites going into their meeting on Saturday.
If Martin’s superiors give him the chance, there is still a long way to go and plenty of time for this to turn around, but it already seems like a six-pointer for the hosts. Ten days ago, Leicester destroyed them 4-1 at home, so anything even somewhat comparable from Leeds might already mean Martin’s demise.
Southampton would tie if they won at home in terms of points.
by Leeds. In this league, particularly in the autumn, storylines can shift that rapidly.
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