Football agent Hayden Evans has revealed that Joe Gelhardt's representative Paul Stretford rates the Leeds United youngster in the same bracket as he did a young Wayne Rooney. As a youngster, Rooney was on Stretford's books and went on to become one of English football's most decorated stars, having burst onto the scene as a teenage sensation at Everton.
Speaking on the 'Leeds That' podcast, football agent Hayden Evans, a Whites supporter who represents a number of young Leeds United players including Charlie Cresswell, stated that Stretford handed Gelhardt some lofty praise.
“I know his agent really well, Paul Stretford," explained Evans. "He was Wayne Rooney’s agent.
