The agent of Leeds United whizkid Archie Gray remains upset with new Aston Villa captain John McGinn for his heavy challenge on the teen in an early preseason clash.

Agent Hayden Evans was far from pleased with the tackle.

“McGinn physically turns his back in the challenge, leaves his foot in, a bit of a dig with it as well. It's like a Sunday League old fella making sure that the young lad knows he's there, it was a bit cheap I thought," Evans told the The Athletic.

Evans added: “People are saying it's a repercussion from the previous tackle by Archie. When you look at the slow-mo of both, Archie's was fair, hard but fair."

On the hype around his client, Evans continued: “We were trying to keep it calm a little bit but once that talent comes out, and he started with the performances that he's given, you're not really going to be suppressing the talent.

“It wasn't a surprise that he was in the squad. I think overexposure is different things. If overexposure is getting minutes, no problem at all.

"But if it's all the other stuff off the field, because he's young, and all the rest of the excitement around it, then there's nobody better than the Gray family and us as an agency to just calm all that down."