When he made the move to Leeds United earlier this month, Georginio Rutter probably didn’t expect to be making his debut at Accrington Stanley’s intimate Wham Stadium. The record signing has been made to wait to make his first appearance in English football following his switch from Hoffenheim a fortnight ago.
Rutter was ineligible to feature in Leeds’ FA Cup third round replay against Cardiff a few days after moving to West Yorkshire and instead had to settle for a brief appearance in front of the crowd at the interval. He then watched Leeds United’s last Premier League clash with Brentford from the bench last week after being an unused substitute, with Marsch preferring not to throw the youngster into the action.
As a result, the 20-year-old was made to wait for another day to make his first appearance in a Leeds shirt in front of his new supporters and that day finally came against Accrington in the fourth round of the FA Cup. It wasn’t exactly a surprise to see him in the starting line-up in Lancashire, with Marsch revealing his excitement to unleash the forward in his pre-match press conference a couple of days prior, but Rutter didn’t waste the opportunity to make a solid first impression on the 2,616 supporters who had made the trip across the Pennines to cheer on their side.
