Leeds United: Fans react to ‘unrecognisable’ player’s Arsenal photo

Many Leeds United fans have reacted to a post via Twitter showing Luke Ayling in an Arsenal shirt as a youngster.

Defender Ayling has been one of the standout performers at Elland Road this season, gaining an average of 7.31 out of ten per game via Whocored.com. The 28-year-old’s displays have helped guide Marcelo Bielsa’s side to sit one point clear of West Bromwich Albion at the top of the Championship standings as things stand.

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Joining Leeds in the summer of 2016 from Bristol City, Ayling has since become a regular start for the Yorkshire club, making 145 appearances in all competitions (Transfermarkt).

Three seasons at Bristol came after a spell with Yeovil Town, whom Ayling joined after developing through the youth academy at Premier League side Arsenal.

Joining the Gunners at the age of 10, Ayling would follow the likes of Jack Wilshere and Kyle Bartley through the club’s academy sides, signing professional terms with the duo in the summer of 2007.

With football at a current standstill due to the pandemic, many club accounts and fan accounts on social media platform Twitter have been engaging with fans, and a latest tweet from Second Tier Podcast suggesting that Ayling is ‘unrecognisable’ in a Gunners shirt has seen Leeds fans react to the image in question.