Luke Ayling hails best Leeds United player during his time with main regret and Bielsa admission

Ayling has effectively ended a superb seven-and-a-half years with Leeds by joining Middlesbrough on loan until the end of the season, after which his Whites contract expires. Ayling joined Leeds all the way back in August 2016 in the same month that Pablo Hernandez arrived at the Whites, initially on loan from Swansea City.

Four years later, Ayling and Hernandez played key roles in firing Marcelo Bielsa’s Whites to promotion and Ayling says he still gets “goosebumps” about setting up the only goal of the game for Hernandez in the enormously important 1-0 win at Swansea City of July 2020.