Bamford shares what Leeds players all said when they first heard the ESL was being created

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Leeds United striker Patrick Bamford has admitted that the Whites squad gave the Super League no chance of occurring when the news first came out.

Speaking on the Leeds United official podcast, Bamford said that Leeds players simply felt the project would fall by the wayside.

However, as time progressed, there was real belief that the new league may actually form.

Leeds were actually in action on Monday and by the time that game had kicked off, their protests were clear.

Leeds wore t-shirts before the game kicked off and Bamford actually spoke out against the Super League at full-time on Sky.

The ESL has now fallen through, with every English club withdrawing.

And Bamford has opened up about Leeds players’ feelings towards the news, when they first heard it.

“We were in the hotel when the news came out about it and at first we were like ‘nah, there’s no way this is going to happen’,” he revealed.

“On Sunday night we were saying this can’t happen, there’s no chance. They’re obviously just trying their luck.

“But the more it went on on Monday the lads started going from ‘this can’t happen’ to ‘wow, this might actually happen’. It just seemed absurd!

“They were saying it was for the greater good of football but from all the details they released it didn’t seem to be helping anyone, but those people in the Super League.”

Bamford has been widely praised as he was one of the first Premier League players to speak up against the Super League so vociferously.

The Leeds striker seemed to empower others to follow in his footsteps.

And the protests had the desired impact, as on Tuesday evening the whole project collapsed, with the consequences for the six clubs involved still to be found out.