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‘Leeds fans are going to go crazy’: Jeff Stelling reacts after what Mark Schwarzer has just told him

In response to Mark Schwarzer’s discussion on Leeds United legend Mark Viduka’s career, host Jeff Stelling predicted Leeds supporters would “go crazy” at the former goalkeeper’s assessment.

When Viduka scored 35 goals in 48 games for Celtic in the summer of 2000, David O’Leary persuaded Leeds to spend a cool six million pounds on him. He remained at Elland Road for the following four years, growing to become a legend.

Viduka plunged himself into Leeds legend from 2000 and 2004, scoring an incredible 72 goals in 166 games for The Whites. similar to Leeds’ 4-3 comeback victory over Liverpool, which featured a four-goal performance.Alternatively, Leeds became the final team to defeat Arsene Wenger’s team prior to their Invincibles reign with a victory over Arsenal. However, Mark Schwarzer, his Australian teammate, has since issued a statement on his career.

According to Schwarzer, Leeds legend Viduka was never able to reach his full potential at Elland Road, which is what made Jeff Stelling respond. Stelling said that Leeds supporters will go “crazy” over Schwarzer’s remark.

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Stelling responds as Schwarzer makes Leeds claim about Viduka

After leaving Leeds in 2004, Viduka spent time at Middlesbrough and then Newcastle, where he earned 43 caps for Australia. Viduka also claimed he had the chance to join Milan for a £38 million fee from Leeds.

Rather, he lives in Croatia and completed his career in the Northeast. On Stelling’s Footballers Greatest podcast, Schwarzer asserted that Viduka was capable of playing for a major European team and ought to have done so.

“In all honesty, I don’t think he reached his full potential. He never performed for a large venue, according to Schwarzer. “Leeds fans are going to be going crazy now,” Stelling retorted. “Explain what you mean.”

“One of the truly, massive European big hitters,” Schwarzer went on. Barcelona and Real Madrid. He was easily capable of playing for one of those

Former Goalkeeper working for Optus Sport, Mark Schwarzer during the Adobe Women's FA Cup Final match between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotsp...
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What Thierry Henry recently said about Leeds icon Viduka

Henry’s analysis of Erling Haaland, the boring guy from Yorkshire and the son of former Leeds player Alf Inge Haaland, revealed that the star player from Man City and Norway found it difficult to hold the ball up in a match against Real Madrid. The Frenchman also claimed that Viduka was superior to Haaland in one area because of his strength and ability to shield off opponents, comparing him to players like Didier Drogba and Alan Shearer.

“I wasn’t a Drogba, I wasn’t a Viduka, and I wasn’t a Shearer,” Henry remarked of Haaland. He doesn’t seem like the kind of player who would go out and play that way, but being able to manage the ball is the absolute minimum.

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