Leeds United midfielder Mateusz Klich is pinching himself being in the Premier League at 30 years of age.

Klich is a mainstay of a Leeds team winning friends and plaudits for their endeavour and adventure in their first season back among the English elite.

"My girlfriend told me (in 2017), 'You're going to play in the Premier League one day', and I said, 'This is going to be difficult'," recalled Klich ahead of Monday night's visit of Crystal Palace.

"I knew I was getting older and was settled in Holland and wanted to stay. I said, 'Yeah, the Bundesliga and probably Premier League are already gone. So I won't make it'.

"Then I had the offer from the Championship with Leeds. I was thinking this might be my last chance, so I took it.

"The first season wasn't great, but then Marcelo Bielsa came in as manager and the rest is history."