The Yorkshire Evening Post report that Luke Ayling was spotted before Saturday’s 3-0 win over Watford giving a pep talk to Leeds teammate Pascal Struijk – despite being taken out of the starting XI himself.
A third league win of the season has pushed Leeds into the top six after eight games, and 24-year-old Struijk has played every single minute of our Championship campaign so far. He has been excellent.
Illan Meslier recently described him as “class” and he has been nothing short of that. That is despite sharing three centre-back partners already; Joe Rodon, Charlie Cresswell and captain Liam Cooper.
On Saturday, Struijk helped Leeds keep a fourth consecutive clean sheet in the Championship – as Joel Piroe, Sam Byram, Jaidon Anthony, Dan James and Georginio Rutter did the business in the final third.
The YEP report that Ayling had a chat with Struijk ahead of the game. It comes after Ayling had been rested by Daniel Farke on Saturday. But he showed his leadership to give a pep talk to left-footer Struijk.
