mbappe shirt “There’s our mate, the fella who’s been
mbappe shirt “There’s our mate, the fella who’s been training with us every day for 12 months, and he’s putting Marcel Desailly on his backside and putting one in the far corner!
“He ran to where we were all sat and we’re like ‘this is bonkers!’ Desailly was a superstar, a World Cup winner, and Milner would be in with us on the Monday cleaning the dressing rooms at Thorp Arch!”
Winter’s group at Leeds was a talented one.
Scott Carson, Matthew Kilgallon and Frazer Richardson would all play for the first-team, while Aaron Lennon was emerging from the year below. Others, such as Andy Keogh, Simon Walton, Martin Woods and Barry Corr, would go onto have stellar careers in the Football League.
Milner, though, stood out, both for his talent and his dedication.
“I remember a game for the under-18s away at Barnsley,” Winter says. “Milner was playing two years above himself, but we got a penalty and before we knew anything, he’d grabbed the ball. Bang! Goal.
“It wasn’t until after bellingham kit the game you thought ‘Jesus, this kid has got some balls!’ He was the youngest in the team but he didn’t care. That was him.”