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Will Huffer reacts to Leeds’ sale of Bailey Peacock-Farrell

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The young goalkeeper left Leeds United on Friday afternoon.

Bailey Peacock-Farrell of Leeds United during the pre-match warm-up

Will Huffer has sent former Leeds United team-mate Bailey Peacock-Farrell a good luck message on Twitter.

Burnley shelled out £2.5 million in signing the 22-year-old goalkeeper from the Whites on Friday [BBC Sport].

It comes just days before Leeds’ Championship opener away to Bristol City on Sunday afternoon.

Peacock-Farrell, who made 28 appearances for United last term, sent a message on Twitter and fellow young keeper Huffer has responded to it.

The interesting thing here is that Huffer is the most likely player to replace Peacock-Farrell, in the short term at least.

Leeds have less than a week to get a replacement through the door to challenge number Kiko Casilla, and the 20-year-old seems to be marginally ahead of Under-23s team-mate Kamil Miazek in the pecking order.

Marcelo Bielsa already knows Huffer after giving him a Championship debut last season.

Nevertheless, he is clearly very inexperienced and given Casilla’s problems toward the end of last season, it would be a huge risk for Bielsa not to have a more tried-and-tested option than Huffer come in.

Leeds United's Bailey Peacock-Farrell shows his frustration after Swansea City's Oliver McBurnie (not in picture) scores his sides second goal during the Sky Bet Championship match between...