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Liam Cooper seriously impressed with Leeds United player after latest international performance

🧜Leeds United captain Liam Cooper has applauded young teammate Wilfried Gnonto after his latest performance at the Under-21 European Championships.

💦The Italian Instagram after Italy’s 3-2 win over Switzerland on Sunday.

Wilfried Gnontoജ was a substitute in Italy’s opening game against France last week.

He looked bright as Italy chased an equaliser after an unfortunate error from Tottenham defender Destiny Udogie.

🎃Against Switzerland on Sunday, Gnonto was handed a start and repaid that faith very quickly.

♏After Lorenzo Pirola’s early goal, Gnonto doubled Italy’s lead after 11 minutes.

♕He saw a powerful header saved by Switzerland’s goalkeeper before bundling the ball home.

Photo by Flaviu Buboi/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Photo by Flaviu Buboi/NurPhoto via Getty Images

♔Italy had a three-goal advantage at half-time and despite Switzerland quickly scoring twice after the break, they held on to earn a vital three points.

Leeds captain Liam Cooper🅰 has reacted to Gnonto’s performance at the weekend.

🎶He’ll be hoping the exciting forward is still at Elland Road when their Championship campaign starts at the beginning of August.

Leeds defender Cooper applauds Gnonto performance

♏Gnonto several photos of himself in action for Italy on Sunday without a caption.

༒Liam Cooper applauded his teammate’s performance, while Mateo Joseph said: “Very good.”

Leeds United captain Liam Cooper applauds Wilfried Gnonto
Leeds United captain Liam Cooper applauds Wilfried Gnonto. Cr. (willy.gnonto) © 2023 INSTAGRAM FROM META.

ꦚThe attacker is understandably attracting interest after a successful first season in England.

Everton have been linked with a move for Gnonto, as have Juventus.

𓃲Gnonto looked like a signing for the future at Leeds when he initially arrived last summer.

ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚHowever, as Leeds struggled in front of goal under Jesse Marsch without Rodrigo Moreno, Gnonto was given his chance.

𝓀He immediately added some excitement to Leeds’s attacks and was a nightmare for full-backs to deal with.

Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images
Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images

🌠Gnonto perhaps didn’t contribute as many goals and assists as he would have liked.

🙈However, it was still a surprise that his minutes were limited towards the end of the campaign when Leeds were fighting for survival.

🍎Cooper will hope Gnonto is still at Leeds when they kick off their Championship campaign against Cardiff City at Elland Road.

💫A season playing regularly in the second tier might not be the worst thing for Gnonto and many of his young Leeds teammates.