Bamford impresses, Kristensen's passion & Aaronson's extras - Inside Leeds United training in Perth

Leeds United held an open training session at the Fremantle Oval on Wednesday as they continue their preparations for the start of the Premier League season. The Whites are in Perth for the third and final game of their pre-season tour of Australia against Crystal Palace at the Optus Stadium.

The session was watching by approximately 1,000 fans and Jesse Marsch certainly put his side to work with an intense training session in Western Australia. Leeds Live’s William Jackson was in Fremantle to watch training and a here’s a few of his observations.

Leeds have held three open training sessions so far during their tour Down Under and Wednesday’s was by far the longest and most intense. The head coach put his players through a number of passing, shape and attacking drills and every one of them was carried out with pace and precision.

The Premier League season is now just two and a half weeks away and the American is keen to push his side to their limits and hammer home his energetic style. The session was all out in terms of contact, with tackles being thrown in and it was visibly challenging for some as they trained in the drizzle.

Before joining his side on the Fremantle Oval turf, Marsch revealed his hope that Archie Gray would be fit enough to be involved on Friday night against Patrick Vieira’s Palace. The youngster had to be stretchered off on Sunday against Aston Villa after a hefty tackle from John McGinn looked to have caused an ankle injury.

However, he could be seen going through some individual fitness work during training and being put through his paces by one of Leeds’ coaches, while the rest of his teammates got to work under the watchful eye of Marsch. The Whites are training once more tomorrow before and