Conor Shaughnessy, who was let go by Leeds in 2021, just scored the goal that propelled Portsmouth into the Premier League.

Leeds United may find motivation from one of their former defenders as they compete fiercely for automatic promotion from the Championship.

With two and a half weeks left in the season, the Whites are third in the standings after a recent slump in their play.Leeds has only collected five of the fifteen points that have been available since returning from the international break, and they are already out of control for the remaining three games.

A week after seemingly out of it, Southampton is suddenly chasing Leeds, with Ipswich Town and Leicester City sitting just one and two points ahead of the Whites in the top two, respectively. It’s difficult for even a supercomputer to divide the four teams.

If Leeds had improved a little bit lately, they would have already got a foot in the Premier League, but one of their former defenders has undoubtedly had no trouble crossing the finish line.Shaughnessy, a former Leeds defender, wins Portsmouth League One.

Over the past few years, Leeds has let go of a number of players who have gone on to have very successful EFL careers.

One of the best examples of that is Max Dean at MK Dons, where he hopes to emulate former Leeds player Conor Shaughnessy by assisting his team in winning promotion.

Shaughnessy was released for no reason in 2021, according to leedsunited.com, and he has since played for a variety of teams, including Rochdale, Burton Albion, and Portsmouth.

He has truly found a home at the latter, appearing for 90 minutes in 43 of Portsmouth’s 44 league games since signing this season.

The 27-year-old has also cemented himself into Portsmouth legend by scoring the game-winning goal last night that sealed both promotion and the League One championship.

Before Shaughnessy’s winning goal in the final ten minutes, Pompey was behind 2-1 against Barnsley at home. However, a remarkable comeback secured the title for Pompey on a memorable evening at Fratton Park. Leeds is attempting to steer clear of the Portsmouth reunion.

Due to dire financial problems that have kept them in Leagues One and Two, Portsmouth will play in the Championship for the first time in twelve years in August.

It’s safe to say that it’s good to have them back in the second tier after they were able to progressively climb back up the pyramid.