Jesse Marsch excited by Darko Gyabi's potential as youngster catches his eye with Leeds United

Darko Gyabi has done more than enough to catch the eye of Jesse Marsch during his first couple of weeks inside the Leeds United camp. The Whites signed the midfielder from Manchester City at the start of the month in a deal thought to be worth around £5m, despite him never featuring in the first-team under Pep Guardiola.

However, the 18-year-old has already made quite the impression with United and it seems he could have a role to play under Marsch this season. He has given a good account of himself in training during the club’s pre-season tour of Australia and he managed to showcase glimpses of the talent he possesses during the Whites’ friendly win over Brisbane Roar on Thursday.

Gyabi is likely to pick up more game time over the next week with friendlies arranged against Aston Villa and Crystal Palace and Marsch will be watching his progress closely, alongside a host of other youngsters who have made the trip.

“We were excited from the start about the possibility of adding him to the group and now watching him live and seeing his mentality to improve, even more so,” Marsch said when asked about Gyabi. “I would say with him, with Archie Gray, with Cree Summerville, with Sam Greenwood and with Joffy Gelhardt, we have a core of really young talented players that we think can be a big part of the future.

“In general, if you look we have this group of leaders that are somewhere around 30 years of age, and then we have this group that's like 20 to 25 and then we have this really young group. So when you think about the progression of what the team and the club can become in the next in the upcoming years, as a manager and the kind of football I like to play and the kinds of people I like to invest in, I feel like I'm in the