Qudus SalihuEthan Ampadu has set social media alight with what fans are calling the “coldest and least-media trained” response of the year following Leeds United’s 4-1 demolition of Crystal Palace. The club captain, who was instrumental in the victory with a goal and two assist-making long throws, abandoned the usual clichés when grilled about the club’s final league standing for the 2025-26 season.
Instead of the standard “taking it one game at a time” or “we’ll see where we are in May,” Ampadu gave a blunt, filter-free assessment that has resonated with the Elland Road faithful. When asked how high this rejuvenated Leeds side can climb after moving six points clear of the drop, the Welsh international reportedly looked straight at the camera and delivered a stinging reality check to the critics who had written the team off in November.
”I don’t care about the table right now and I don’t care where people ‘expect’ us to be,” Ampadu stated with a deadpan expression. “A few weeks ago, the media had us relegated before Christmas. Now we’re supposedly safe? We aren’t here to fill out the numbers or play for a specific spot you’ve picked for us. We’re here to make every team that comes to Elland Road regret it. Where we finish is wherever we decide to stop fighting—and we aren’t stopping.”
The response has been hailed by supporters as a refreshing departure from the robotic, PR-managed interviews typical of the modern Premier League. Fans have flooded X (formerly Twitter) with clips of the interview, praising the skipper’s “monster mentality” and his refusal to play the media’s games.
Under Daniel Farke, Ampadu has become the vocal leader of a squad that has now gone four games unbeaten, including vital results against Chelsea and Liverpool. This latest “cold” interview has only solidified his status as a cult hero, proving that while Dominic Calvert-Lewin provides the goals, Ampadu provides the fearless edge that defines the new-look Leeds United.
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