Joe Gelhardt has opened up on how his move to Leeds United came about back in 2020. The striker features heavily in Amazon Prime’s new docuseries ‘Academy Dreams: Leeds United’, which will be available to stream on the platform on Friday (September 23).
The series promises to give supporters an insight into what it takes to emerge from the youth ranks and into the first-team set-up at Elland Road. Unsurprisingly, Gelhardt is one of the protagonists, with cameras following his rise from being a star in the under-23s side to becoming a regular in the first-team picture under Marcelo Bielsa and Jesse Marsch.
The forward isn’t the only player to break through over the last year or so, with Crysencio Summerville and Sam Greenwood, graduating to the senior squad on a full-time basis and the pair also feature in the documentary. However, in the first episode of six, the attention is on Gelhardt, who has only been at the club for a couple of years after being spotted playing for Wigan Athletic in the Championship.
