Hope for the future - striker and a central defender,

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UNITED COMPLETE DEAL FOR MCKAY BROTHERS

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Twin brothers make the switch from Doncaster Rovers...

We are delighted to confirm the double signing of twin brothers Jack and Paul McKay from Doncaster Rovers for undisclosed fees.

The Glasgow-born pair, who are 19, have penned two-and-a-half-year deals at Elland Road and are initially expected to gain game time with the Under-21s while training with the first-team squad.

Jack is a striker who collected Doncaster’s Academy Player of the Year award in 2013, while twin brother Paul is a promising central defender who signed professional terms in 2014.

Both players had tastes of first-team football during their time at Doncaster, with Jack making his senior debut away to Sheffield United in November 2014 and Paul making his bow against Burton Albion in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy last season.

Jack told leedsunited.com: “It’s a massive club. As soon as I found out that Leeds wanted to bring us me here, I said ‘yes’ straight away.

“We were both told this morning that Leeds had come in for us and we were buzzing to hear it.

“I know there’s competition here with the young strikers, but that doesn’t really matter to me. I know that if I’m not the best then I won’t play. I have to be at my best.

“I’ve played with my brother for a long time and we know each other’s game well.

“It works especially well with him being at the back and me being up front. I can make runs and I don’t even have to call for the ball from him. He knows how I play and I know how to make runs for him. He knows where I’ll be.

“I’m a striker who works hard and does a lot of running. I love going in behind the defence to score goals. This is a great opportunity for me and one which I hope to take.”

Paul added: “It’s a massive club and I’m delighted to have signed up.

“You look at the young players here recently – Sam Byram, Lewis Cook, Alex Mowatt – they’ve all broken into the first team and have become regular players.

“There’s definitely a pathway here for a young players like myself and my brother to kick on.

“To start with I think we will get games in the Under-21s and train with the first team when we can and then take it from there.

“It’s good having someone else in the family doing the same thing as you. It can help ease you into a new club."

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[noctonjock]

Leeds signed these 2 last year did they not ? Not sure how theyre getting on there

[Geed]

I am a leeds fan, this happened a while ago these 2 brothers signing, wasn't quite a year ago, but a good while ago anyway.  They will get there chance if good enough, leeds always give youngsters a chance.

[wanderer]

Are these the two kids who's dad is one of the top Scottish football agents or something that made a few headlines a year or so ago?

[DonnyTJS]

Aye, their dad's Willie McKay. He's been pimping his boys around for a while. They were popular at Rovers so needless to say the move to Leeds didn't go down well. I think Paul has been on loan to Gainsborough. Their dad was the bloke who stepped into the DRFC set up and brought in the likes of El Hadj Diouf and Chimbonda as our heady time in the Championship started to come to its inevitable conclusion. Anyone who touts Diouf about is a spiv. His boys looked good though, so I hear.

[kmcca5]

This is how f&%king dumb I can be at the end of a work day. I just googled one of them, found him on Wiki as I wanted to see how old he was.... then went and did the same with the other one to see his age. Duuuuuuuh! Funnily enough they share the same birthday, what are the chances of that?

Edited November 23, 2016 by kmcca5