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How heartbreaking transfer saga involving former Leeds United hero will unfold

Even though he has now left Elland Road, Archie Gray will be tied to Leeds United for his entire career.

A member of a family with an insane Leeds United legacy, Gray should really still be at Elland Road and it feels wrong to see him star for Tottenham Hotspurs.

Despite leaving the club, he clearly has an eye on his former club and his impressive former teammates. In fact, he recently praised Mateo Joseph.

“Mateo is doing brilliant. He scored a hat trick, I think it was last night,” Gray told the Yorkshire Evening Post after England’s win over Ukraine which all but qualified Futcher’s Young Lions for the tournament in Slovakia next June.

“He’s doing well for Leeds, we came through the ranks together since Under-18s. And you know, I’m still really close with him, really good friends, and I’m always looking out for him, how he’s doing. It’d be amazing to play against him and I’d really enjoy it.”

If these two clash next summer, there will undoubtedly be many Leeds supporters watching them, wondering what could’ve been if they had both of these young talents.

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Former Leeds United star set to take on heartbreaking move

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These connections are what will make it so hard if former Leeds United Director of Football Victor Orta gets his way and signs Gray on loan from Tottenham Hotspurs. It would be like seeing your ex-wife steal away your best friend, but unfortunately Orta has everything in place already to put together this transfer which will break Leeds fans hearts, after all if he is to make a loan move shouldn’t it be back to Elland Road?

According to Spanish publication Mucho Deporte, this is how the transfer will pan out. Orta and his new club Seville are “already asking about” bringing Gray in on loan in January, and the controversial Orta has “positioned” Seville to make a swoop for the England under-21s international. From here, they will trigger the move in January having already made contact with Spurs and Gray’s representatives, meaning that after Christmas it could be a formality.

Hopefully, Gray will decide to battle for playing time at Spurs instead of taking on this deal or even better, maybe he will consider a loan move closer to home and come back to Elland Road.

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