20-year-old must be considered: Three Leeds players who can replace Pennington v Port Vale

Paudie O’Connor

Signed from Limerick in March, the 20-year-old currently captains the Under-23 side and has started to impress.

It has not gone unnoticed by Christiansen, after being a part of the side in pre-season against North Ferriby.

Highly-rated, O’Connor could be brought in and handed his debut at centre-back as Leeds look to match the cup run that saw them reach the quarter-finals against Liverpool.

In other Leeds news, here are the Whites players ratings from the win v Bolton.

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