'On a personal level' - Mateo Joseph provides Leeds United season assessment with admission and declaration

Young Whites striker Mateo Joseph has issued an end of season Leeds United assessment with a personal admission and declaration.

Twenty-one-year old forward Joseph began the new campaign starting upfront in the no 9 role after excelling in pre-season following his first team breakthrough.

The Spain under-21s international ace started United’s first eight league games of the season before Joel Piroe eventually became first choice striker en route to ultimately winning the division’s Golden Boot.

Having started the first eight games of the season, Joseph has had to make do with just five minutes from the bench over the last six games of the season for which he was an unused substitute in four of them.

The season, though, has ultimately ended with promotion to the Premier League as Championship champions, leaving Joseph beaming in hailing a “special” group.

Taking to his Instagram page, the striker admitted personally that “not every step has been easy” but with a declaration that “every one was worth it” en route to the club’s Premier League return.

Joseph wrote: “What a season. It’s hard to put into words what this season has meant. We’ve pushed, grown, and believed together.

“This team has something special. The work, the heart...it’s been there every single day. And today, we can say it out loud: Premier League.

“On a personal level, I’ve tried to give everything. Not every step has been easy, but every one has been worth it.

“Proud of this group, proud of the journey.”