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Leeds United rookie Mateo Joseph makes big admission over next season

Mateo Joseph has already made his Premier League debut for Leeds United but is targeting more game time next term.

The 19-year-old has featured three times in the top flight so far, making cameos off the bench away at Tottenham, Manchester United and Chelsea.

Amid plenty of uncertainty over which division Leeds will be in next year and who will be in the dugout, one thing's for certain - that talented teen Joseph plans to be a part of it. He arrived at LS11 from Espanyol in early 2022 and is under contract at Leeds until 2025.

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Speaking to the FA, Joseph said: "I'm really happy with the choice I made and how things are going; it's a privilege to be playing for Leeds and also to represent this amazing country.

"I'm really happy with my journey so far and I cannot wait to keep working hard for more things to come.

"I'm really happy with the move I made. My family and I wanted to make the next step after Espanyol and we were looking for chances to play in a first team.

"Leeds' technical director came to Spain and he showed us the pathway we could have. Everything has gone as he said in terms of things like making my Premier League debut and I’m looking to have more involvement next year."

Joseph is currently out in Argentina with England for the Under-20 World Cup and will be hoping to start their final group game against Iraq tonight (7pm).

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