Leeds United: Fans react to footage of Sean McGurk in pre-season

Leeds United fans have been reacting to footage that emerged of youngster Sean McGurk during a friendly against Manchester City.

The U23 side continued their work in pre-season over the weekend with a comfortable 4-0 victory over their Manchester City counterparts, with goals from Max Dean, Crysencio Summerville, Amari Miller and the aforementioned McGurk.

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And although it was a City side that was not at full strength with a number of their academy players on duty at the Community Shield, that doesn’t mean that there weren’t a few moments to emerge from that game to leave a number of Leeds fans rather excited.

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One of them came through the final goal of the game which was scored by the 18-year-old McGurk, who only signed for the club this summer from League One side Wigan Athletic. His goal, which involved a nice run followed by some neat footwork inside the box, was relayed to fans online by @leedsutdacademy, where it left a number of them rather impressed:

“Great goal and assist”

@ShellSnowdonMcr

“Beautiful the way he takes the ball maintaining the forward momentum. Doesn’t give the defender a chance to get back. Quality.”

@twihackelebum

“There’s a player full of talent. Had options in the box but trusts his ability to beat players and score.”

@jasoneaton80

“See, when you see a goal like this, how he looks after the ball, doesn’t panic and finishes like that, you know this kid is going to probably make it at the top level”

@Russlufc

“Done more than Costa already”

@MattyHill83

“Get him in the first team”

@Daf93456126Shon

“What a goal this is from the first touch to the classy finish”

@bscholey90

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While McGurk’s goal was undeniably impressive, whether or not it has impressed Marcelo Bielsa enough to make him think about introducing him to the first team is a different matter.

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