Paul Robinson hails fantastic work of Marcelo Bielsa as Leeds United seal promotion to the Premier League

Robinson made 95 Premier League appearances for the Whites with the 'keeper in between the sticks as Leeds suffered the heartache of relegation to the Championship in May 2004.

Sixteen years later, United are finally back in the country's top flight under head coach Marcelo Bielsa with automatic promotion confirmed as second-placed West Brom fell to a 2-1 defeat at Huddersfield Town on Friday night.

"It's been long awaited and very overdue," said Robinson, speaking on Sky Sports to presenter and YEP columnist David Prutton.

"When I played that last game in 2004, 16 years ago almost today, you never envisage that Leeds United would be out of the top flight for so long and even dropping to the third tier of English football.

"It's been long awaited and it's been a fantastic achievement from what Marcelo Bielsa inherited two and a half years ago, a team that finished 14th in the Championship, to now automatic promotion to the Premier League.

"It's absolutely fantastic, a one club city and a Premiership with Leeds United in it is a much more attractive fixture than many others."