Chris Wood reflects on Leeds United past as striker makes Whites prediction for Premier League

New Zealand international forward Wood spent two years with Leeds after joining the club from Leicester City for £3m in July 2015.

Wood then moved to Premier League side Burnley for a club record fee in the region of £15m in August 2017 and three years later the Clarets front man will face his former employers next season following United's promotion as Championship champions.

Leeds sealed automatic promotion alongside another of Wood's former sides in West Brom but after a 16-year exile from the country's top flight the striker was particularly pleased to see the Whites go up.

With Bielsa at the helm, the New Zealand international is now expecting good things from the Whites in the top flight.

“It was nice seeing them both come up, I had great times at both of them,” said Wood of Leeds and West Brom, speaking to TVNZ.

"West Brom have been up and down and have been in the Prem for a long time so it was much nicer seeing Leeds get up there.

"It's been way too long, I enjoyed my two years there and I’m hoping to see them stay up for a long period of time.

"I think with the manager they've got they will be.

"They've just been a big club in the wrong division for a long period of time.

"And rightly so, because they were run poorly 15 years ago.

"But they're fantastic now, they've got a great manager behind them, they've got a team playing absolutely incredible.

"They're going to be a real force in the Prem, they're looking to stay up and if not go better.”

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