Former Leeds United striker Jermaine Beckford has told Whites head coach Javi Gracia that he should think about starting youngster Mateo Joseph against Fulham this weekend.
While the 19-year-old has only laced up his boots for 42 minutes of senior team action this season, he's been tearing it up in the Premier League 2 Division 2.
Joseph has scored 15 goals and found one assist in his 17 matches for the Under-21s this season, with Paco Gallardo's side vying for the title with Southampton and Nottingham Forest's youth sides.
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With just two matches left in the season, the youngsters are currently perched at the top of the table, tied on points with the Saints, but with a game in hand.
That now means though that Joseph is fresh and ready to be picked by Gracia after a troubling April which has seen the Whites lose three of their four games in heavy defeats.
Beckford, who had over 150 appearances for the Whites, now wants him to get a regular opportunity in the senior squad after a lack of goals from the side's other attackers in recent matches.
"I don’t mind the idea of playing 4-4-2," Beckford said on Sky Sports. "Two centre-forwards. I am a centre-forward myself and I have always enjoyed having two players up top.
"Mateo Joseph is a very, very good forward. He does know where the back of the net is. He is still a little bit inexperienced. But I would like to see him given a chance."
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