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Leeds United announced earlier this week that Niall Huggins had signed a one-year professional contract with the club.

And that led to a number of the Championship club’s fans taking to social media to congratulate the 18-year-old on the deal.

Huggins, who is a centre-forward, found the back of the net on 12 occasions in 29 appearances for the club’s Under-18 side during the 2018-19 season.

The teenager will now be making the step into the Under-23s with the view to progressing to the first team.

It might have been a disappointing end to the season for Leeds, with Marcelo Bielsa’s side losing to Derby County in the semi-finals of the playoffs.

However, there is no question that the Whites have a number of talented youngsters just waiting for the opportunity to impress.

Huggins is very much an unknown quantity when it comes to Under-23 level and beyond, but there does seem to be a bit of excitement surrounding the striker.

A selection of the Twitter reaction to the contract news can be seen below: