The club’s Academy has been named in the country’s top 10 for developing young talent.

In the recent audits undertaken by the FA as part of the Elite Player Performance Plan, the club’s Academy is the sixth best in the country for producing players who have progressed to first team football.

The club has a proud history for developing young players and of the squad which travelled to Bournemouth on Tuesday, Sam Byram, Alex Mowatt, Tom Lees, Aidy White, Alex Cairns, and Lewis Walters have all progressed via the club’s Academy.

Senior Professional Development Coach Neil Redfearn said: “As Head of Leeds United's Academy, I would like to express my immense pride and congratulate every member of our Academy Staff.

“It is an outstanding achievement and one which will stand our football club in good stead for years to come.

“I would also like to thank and congratulate our manager Brian McDermott for having the foresight and vision to integrate our current crop of young professionals into the fold.

“Our football club has a proud tradition of developing its own players dating back to the great Don Revie and is something that is essential to the DNA of our first team moving forward.”