Former Leeds United star Archie Gray will face his former side again on Monday night with Tottenham.
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Tottenham boss Roberto De Zerbi has made a big Archie Gray claim and future declaration as the ex-Whites star awaits another Leeds United reunion.
Whites Academy graduate Gray made a very quick and impressive breakthrough into the Leeds first team, quickly amassing 52 appearances for the club before joining Spurs in the summer of July 2024 after United’s Championship play-off final defeat.
Just short of two years on, a now 20-year-old Gray is set to face his former club on Monday evening as Leeds face relegation-battling rivals Spurs at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in an 8pm kick-off.
After initially getting limited game time for Spurs, Gray has now racked up 80 appearances for Tottenham in a variety of positions and De Zerbi sees the youngster as future captain material for his club.
“The future of this club, the captain”
Speaking at Thursday’s pre-match press conference and as quoted by the club’s official website, De Zerbi was asked about Gray and said: “He's very young, big potential as a player, I think he can become the future. I'm sure he can become the future of this club, the captain of this club.
“He has to understand better what will be his position on the pitch, because he can play in a lot of positions, but maybe I would like him to be more specific in one position.
“We are working in that, with individual meetings, with individual clips for him, and anyway he's an important player, Palhinha didn't play the first three games, and the fourth was one of the best players on the pitch.”