Leeds United defender Charlie Cresswell has seemingly made an impressive start to life at Millwall and won the praise of manager Gary Rowett. The 19-year-old signed on loan for the Championship outfit on Monday in a bid to pick up regular minutes in senior football.
The defender had fallen down to fifth in the pecking order in West Yorkshire - behind Liam Cooper, Diego Llorente, Robin Koch and Pascal Struijk - and discussions with Jesse Marsch and Victor Orta decided a move to the second-tier would benefit the teenager more than a season with the under-21s.
Gary Rowett’s side moved incredibly quickly to beat a host of Championship rivals to the centre-back's signature, pointing towards the development last season of Arsenal’s 21-year-old defender Dan Ballard as reference for his side’s sales pitch. Rowett also played briefly with Richard Cresswell when the two were at Leicester City, leaning on his relationship with the teenager’s dad during talks.
