From Elland back, White causing a stir

FIVE months ago, Aidan White was at the crossroads of domestic and international football.

His prospects with Leeds United and England were equivocal at best: more promising at his club than with his country but moot nonetheless. A year had passed since his last appearance for Leeds and an England U19 cap seemed unlikely to translate into senior honours.

White’s answer to his international impasse was to accept an invitation to represent the Republic of Ireland’s U21s, qualifying through his grandfather, who lived in Wexford.