Manchester United loanie Cameron Borthwick-Jackson was handed his league debut by Leeds United in their goalles Championship draw against Preston on Saturday – and Leeds fans took to Twitter to hail the on-loan defender.[spacer height=”20px”]
The 20-year-old was selected at left-back in place of the injured Gaetano Berardi after making his debut for the Yorshire giants at centre-back in their midweek 4-1 League Cup win against Port Vale.[spacer height=”20px”]
Leeds struggled to break down 10-man Preston but the Red Devils academy product, who signed on a season-long loan last week, was one of their outstanding performers.[spacer height=”20px”]
He was the third player substituted by manager Thomas Christiansen when he was replaced by winger Stuart Dallas after 82 minutes.[spacer height=”20px”]
But Leeds supporters took to social media to enthuse about the calibre and quality of the on-loan United youngster.[spacer height=”20px”]
Football Weeks has rounded up some of the best tweets from the fans:[spacer height=”20px”]
Borthwick-Jackson was granted permission to join Leeds after being deemed surplus to requirement at Old Trafford.[spacer height=”20px”]
He made the breakthrough under former United manager Louis van Gaal in the second half of 2015-16 but did not get a look-in under Jose Mourinho and spent most of last season on loan at Wolves, where he struggled to make an impact.[spacer height=”20px”]
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