Illan Meslier and Pascal Struijk made a special guest appearance at a Leeds United Foundation half-term Soccer Camp recently with plenty of excitable youngsters in attendance.

The Leeds United duo were on hand to spend a little bit of time with the children that had been taking part in a session at the Grammar School at Leeds, with both of them eager to get involved in some small games with the various age groups and answer some questions from some of the older participants.

The competitive pair enjoyed their time meeting the young supporters, who were all thrilled to meet two of their heroes during their school holidays, helping them to make memories to last a lifetime.

During the visit, the 23-year-old Frenchman said: “We are really happy to be here and spend some time with them and remember what it was like for us as children, and how excited we would have been to meet our idols.”

Struijk added: “It is important for us to come and do things like this, it’s nice for the kids to just see us but you could see the smiles on their faces when we were playing football with them and getting involved, you could see how much they were enjoying it, and us too!”

One of the young participants who took part in the Leeds United Foundation camp, and does so every half-term, said: "Today was really good. I got to meet Illan Meslier and Pascal Struijk, and I got to introduce them to everyone and even got to play football with them. I’ll remember this day forever.”

The successful Soccer Camp initiative is delivered throughout all school holidays by coaches from the club’s official charity, and there are always a number of different locations to choose from across Yorkshire, with the option of booking for the week or just a day at a time. The next course of camps will run through the May half-term holiday, for anyone who may be interested.

For more information on the Leeds United Foundation Soccer Camps delivered throughout Leeds and the next set of sessions in May, please contact Julia.Hogan@leedsunited.com.