Archie Gray makes Leeds United mishap in post-match Spurs interview | OneFootball

The former Whites man has showed he still has loyalties to his boyhood club

Tottenham Hotspur starlet Archie Gray only joined the North London club this summer from Leeds United, and he showed that he still has the Whites on his mind in the aftermath of Spurs' late 2-1 win over Coventry City in the EFL Cup last night.

The 18-year-old joined Spurs from Leeds in July for a fee believed to be around £30m, and has seemingly settled into life at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium relatively well with three appearances from the five games that the club have played so far this season.

He was deployed as a midfielder by Ange Postecoglou in his first two Premier League appearances as he came on as a late substitute against Leicester City and Everton in the opening games of the campaign, and was handed his first Spurs start last night in the third round of the EFL Cup against Mark Robins' Sky Blues.

Archie Gray makes Leeds mishap in post-match interview

Gray completed a stellar 90 minutes at right-back as Postecoglou's men battled back from going a goal behind to win in added time courtesy of Brennan Johnson's neat finish, but he had a slip of the tongue in the post-match interview at the CBS Arena that proves he still holds the Whites close to his heart.

Speaking to Sky Sports in the aftermath of their late win, Gray explained how he knew facing Coventry would be a tough clash, having played against Mark Robins’ side twice for Leeds last season, but in doing so accidentally referred to Elland Road as "our ground."

He said: “It's a difficult place to come, you know. I played here last year, and even at our ground last year when I was playing, they always bring a tough game and (have) lots of transitions.

"They did well in this game and the fans got behind them. Credit to them.”

Despite his slight mishap that shows that Leeds is still important to him, it is no surprise that Gray refers back to those previous encounters against the Sky Blues in the aftermath of another hard-fought game.

In the two games that Mark Robins' side faced off against the Whites last season, Leeds failed to win either match and picked up just one point across the two encounters, with a 1-1 draw at Elland Road in December, and then a 2-1 loss at the CBS Arena in April as the 18-year-old played a full 90 minutes in both games.

Gray is Leeds through-and-through

It should hardly come as a shock that Gray still has the Whites on his mind, as they are his boyhood club and he has grown up around everything Leeds for his whole life up to joining Spurs.

Gray joined the club at under-nine level, and featured across all youth levels before he made his senior debut for the club in the opening game of the Championship season last year, then went on to play 52 times throughout the campaign and pick up the Championship Young Player of the Season, and was named in the Championship PFA Team of the Year.

His dad, Andy, played for the club 38 times across two spells in his career, while his grandad Frank, and his great-uncle Eddie both starred for Leeds in their glory years of the 1970s and 1980s, while the latter was voted as the third-Greatest Leeds player of all time in 2000.

To this day, Archie's three younger brothers all still play for the Whites' academy, and could follow in his footsteps to come through and play for the senior team in the years to come.