With 33 of Leeds’ 38 Championship games started, Grey has had a breakout year at the club where he grew up and has immediately established himself as a vital member.
Even during international breaks, Grey has always been flying across Europe with one of England’s young teams, although he is only eighteen. This season, he has received very few rest periods.
It took him just five minutes to open his account for Lee Carsley’s team in a 5-1 victory when he most recently made his debut with the U21s in Azerbaijan.
It’s reasonable to say that he has handled everything thrown at him in stride. Leeds supporters have been eager to point out during games that given his age, he could need a rest, but that hasn’t been the case.
Bamford shares what Gray does the day after a game which none of his teammates can
In fact, Grey was talking to Patrick Bamford about Joe Wilkinson—who was there at Thorp Arch for this specific episode of his podcast, “My Mate’s A Footballer.”
Throughout the show, Wilkinson spoke with a number of Bamford’s teammates, including Grey, who appeared to have attended the team’s most recent victory over Stoke City.
That is just one of five matches in which Gray has not started this season and Wilkinson was keen to know why he was not in the starting XI.
Gray gave a typically modest answer about how it was important for him to be handed a rest after a busy schedule, but Bamford was having none of it.
Gray said: “I have just played loads of minutes and my body is just…”
Bamford interrupted: “Don’t lie, you know every day after a game everyone is tired, he comes in and can play again.”
Bamford reveals what Gray always says about his younger brother
Bamford has loved telling many anecdotes about Grey on his podcast, and this is only one of them; they all tend to present him in a positive, modest light.
Even though Grey has received a tonne of accolades for his play this season, Barkford disclosed this week that the 18-year-old is often telling people that his younger brother is a better athlete.
“The nice thing about Archie, too, is that he’s very modest and doesn’t really believe in his own abilities, but I don’t think he realises how good he is,” he remarked.
“He has a younger brother who attends the academy; I believe he is only about 14 or 15 years old, but he constantly says, ‘Yes, he is superior to me.'” Then, he must be incredible.”
