
Telling one of the most passionate fanbases in English football that you’ve sold your best young player, one who is quite possibly a generational talent and the latest member of a family dynasty that stretches back at the club for more than 58 years is something of a tough gig.
But that’s what Leeds United had to do on Tuesday morning when 18-year-old Archie Gray’s £35million move to Tottenham Hotspur was confirmed.