Where are they now? Leeds United’s Champions League semi-final squad of 2001

Dominic Matteo

The versatile defender/midfielder ditched Leeds almost immediately after their dip into the Championship, agreeing a three-year deal with Premier League side Blackburn Rovers in 2004.

Now 42, the former Scotland international made 29 appearances in his opening campaign at Ewood Park, but played just another six times for Rovers before joining Stoke City on a free transfer in January 2007.

Matteo’s experience paid dividends when Tony Pulis made the Scot his captain for the 2007-08 term, where Stoke won promotion back to the Premier League.

Since retiring from the game in 2009, Matteo earned some UEFA qualification badges whilst with the Potters, appeared as a TV pundit, before returning to Elland Road as Leeds’ Football Ambassador.

However, he left his position in the summer of 2014 following the arrival of Massimo Cellino.

In August 2015, Matteo was declared bankrupt.