Steve Evans signed the Leeds United man on loan yesterday.
Steve Evans has told Peterborough United’s official website that he is “absolutely delighted” with the capture of Leeds United’s Tyler Denton.
The 22-year-old has joined up with Evans at Peterborough on a season-long loan for the 2018-19 campaign.
Evans previously spent most of the 2015-16 season as Leeds boss, before failing to earn a new contract by then-owner Massimo Cellino a little over two years ago.
The young left-back was on the fringes of things during the Scottish manager’s stint at Elland Road.
And Evans says that Denton – who was on loan at Port Vale last term – has the “excellent pedigree” needed to succeed in League One.
He told The Posh website: “He had an excellent spell on-loan at Port Vale last season but he has gone back into Leeds and we are absolutely delighted to bring him into our squad and he will compete anywhere on that left hand side for a place in our starting eleven.
“It is massively important that we bring good footballers in and Tyler Denton is a good footballer, he works really hard and for one so young, he has an excellent pedigree.”
It looks unlikely that Denton will ever be a big player for Leeds, with this being his second successive loan move.
At 22, he would have already been retained by the Whites if Director of Football Victor Orta believed that he could make the step up to senior football on a regular basis in the Championship.
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