The midfielder joined Bournemouth in the summer, but has struggled in the Premier League.
Bournemouth’s Lewis Cook in action with Valencia’s Alvaro Medran
A year ago today Leeds United saw one of their star young talents pick up a prestigious award.
Lewis Cook beat off now-Celtic striker Moussa Dembele, then of Fulham and now-Brentford defender Rico Henry, then a Walsall player, to be named the EFL Young Player of the Year.
In winning the award he followed in the footsteps of players such as Dele Alli, Wilfried Zaha and Gareth Bale.
But 12 months on, things have been eventful for the player.
In the summer he made a move away from Leeds, joining Premier League side AFC Bournemouth in a deal reported by The Guardian to be worth up to £10 million.
Leeds fans were devastated at the exit of the top talent, but things have not gone quite to plan at the Vitality Stadium.
Leeds United’s Lewis Cook scores their first goal
First, he saw Bournemouth snap up Jack Wilshere, to severely dent his chances of regular football. Then, in October, the England youth international suffered a serious ankle injury which ruled him out of action until January.
The 20-year-old has played just five times since his Leeds United exit and, given the success of Leeds this season, is probably wondering if he should have stayed at his boyhood club.
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