Leeds United are now experiencing the Welsh revolution at Elland Road.
Indeed, Ethan Ampadu, Joe Rodon, Connor Roberts, and Dan James are all notable Leeds players who have also represented Wales at international level. Years before the Welsh revolution occurred at Elland Road, there was an inflow of Australians.
Indeed, Leeds signed several Australian players in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including two of the greatest, Harry Kewell and Mark Viduka.
Micah Richards of The Rest is Football has been debating who the best Australian in Premier League history is, and while he ultimately chose Tim Cahill, he named both Kewell and Viduka as two of his favourites growing up in Leeds, claiming that Kewell had the greater ability of the two.
Richards compared Harry Kewell with Mark Viduka
He concluding that Kewell outperformed Viduka.
“Who’s the best Australian player in Premier League history?” Richards was asked.
“I would say growing up in Leeds having seen Viduka and Kewell I would probably say that Kewell had the most ability, but in terms of longevity I would go for Tim Cahill,” Richards was quoted as saying.
Both are brilliant.
It’s been a long time, but we can’t forget how good this Leeds team was.
Kewell and Viduka were both entertaining to watch on their days, and Leeds had plenty more players of that kind at the time.
Unfortunately, these two never won major honors with Leeds, going close on several times but failing to cross the line, but Kewell did finally win the Champions League with Liverpool after making his £5 million move to Anfield in 2003 under dubious circumstances.
