‘Leaving England is scary but I’m here to win’: Charlie Cresswell on Ligue 1 life and his international dream

Young centre-back could not see a way forward at Leeds so moved to France. Now he’s preparing for the biggest game of his life against Juventus

By Get French Football News

“Leaving England is such a scary, scary decision,” says Charlie Cresswell. It is a decision that he never thought he would make. His father, Richard, made a career as a footballer in England; his brother, Alfie, was coming through Leeds’s academy; Charlie was on the fringes of the Leeds first team when the opportunity to join Toulouse arose in 2024.

“That was the biggest decision I made in football,” he says. “I’ve been a Leeds fan since I was eight. I’d been at the club since I was 10, but, looking back, I was 20 years old with no games and I needed to get out and go play,” says Cresswell, now at Rennes and preparing to face Juventus in the Europa League.

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