Many Leeds United supporters may recall a certain Dominic Poleon on the books at Elland Road. In 2010, the Whites were back in the Championship after an unforgivable spell in League One.
Three years of embarrassment were over and, as well as bolstering the squad to avoid a calamitous return to the third division, Leeds were looking to the future. Simon Grayson was midway through his four-year spell and, for the first time in years, United looked stable.
Chelsea were Premier League champions and Leeds were about to sign a player previously on their books as a kid. At 17, Poleon had slipped through the net at Stamford Bridge like so many others before him, his path to the first team blocked by an abundance of international superstars.
