Baker: Lewis Renard (Lewis)

2018-Current (Leeds Player Details) (Player Details)

Midfield

Born: Luton, Bedfordshire: 25-04-1995

Debut: Stoke City (h) (substitute): 05-08-2018

6' 11st 5lb (2018)

The Luton-born, Baker attended Luton Town's centre of excellence and played for the Hatters Youth Club for a year before attracted the attention of Queens Park Rangers, Charlton Athletic, Aston Villa, Derby County, Wimbledon, and Arsenal, but it was Chelsea that lured him to Stamford Bridge as a nine-year-old in 2005. He started in the Under-Tens and then progressed through Chelsea's academy and reserve teams. He scored once in nineteen appearances for the Chelsea youth team in the 2010-11 season while still a schoolboy. He was the joint-top on the appearances list, having played twenty-two games in the following season of 2011-12. He was also the regular penalty-taker, and four of his five goals came from the penalty spot. In his first season with the Chelsea Reserves he made his debut in the 1-1 home draw with Blackburn Rovers on 30th August 201, before being replaced by Adam Nditi after sixty-one minutes and went on to come on three times as a substitute as he replaced Amin Affane at half-time in a 0-2 home loss to Arsenal on 5th March 2012, replaced Billy Clifford in the final minute of a 2-3 loss at Wolverhampton Wanderers on 3rd April 2012 and replaced the same player on the hour mark in a 1-4 home defeat at the hands of Manchester United on 23rd April 2012. He also sat twice unused on the bench in a 3-3 draw at Norwich City on 24th January 2012 and at Swansea City in a 2-2 draw on 28th March 2012. It was in that 2011-12 season that he gained three England Under-Seventeen caps at the Asim Ferhatovic Hase Stadium in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in a series of friendlies which saw him replaced Austin Lipman after fifty-three minutes on 26th November 2011, as England defeated Latvia Under-Seventeens 4-0. Two days later he gained a second cap as he again replaced Austin Lipman, after sixty-two minutes, as England defeated the host nation 2-0. His third cap came three days later, on 31st October 2011, when he played a full game as the Netherlands Under-Seventeens were beaten 1-0. He signed a professional contact in July 2012. The 2012-13 season was one to remember, with a host of appearances under his belt and captaincy responsibilities coming his way. An ever-present in both the NextGen Series and FA Youth Cup campaigns, Baker chipped in with vital goals from midfield, including two in the 4-3 NextGen semi-final win over Arsenal in Italy, and although Chelsea ended up losing the final to Aston Villa, the European competition finished on a positive personal note for the midfielder as he was named player of the tournament. In the F.A. Youth Cup he captained and played full games in the final three games as on 19th April 2013 Liverpool were beaten in the second leg of the semi-final, while ten days later Norwich scored the only goal at Carrow Road and then on 13th May 2013 went to Stamford Bridge and won by the odd goal in five to leave Chelsea 2-4 in arrears on aggregate. In the Chelsea Under Twenty-Ones he started eleven games and only failed to finish two, the first, on 17th August 2012, when he gave way to Alex Kiwomya with just nine minutes left on the clock in a 0-0 home draw with Manchester City and on 24th September 2012 in a 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace as he was replaced by Adam Nditi after seventy-nine minutes. He found the net four times in those games scoring the fourth goal in the sixty-seventh minute of a 5-0 home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on 1st September 2012 then made the score 4-1 in the eighty-third minute to close the scoring at home to Crystal Palace on 12th November 2012. He got one from the penalty spot to make the score 3-3 after sixty-six minutes, which was how it ended at Liverpool on 18th November 2012 and finally he made the score 2-0 at Middlesbrough in the thirty-eighth minute on 3rd December 2012 ib a game they won 3-2. He also was just two minutes from completing all his five starting games in the Premier League Qualifications group 1, but was sent off with two minutes remaining in the 0-1 loss at Fulham on 1st March 2013 and also scored twice from the spot with the second goal in the seventy-first minute of a 2-0 home win over Fulham on 10th January 2013 and made the score 2-1 in the fifty-second minute of a 3-2 home win over Middlesbrough on 25th January 2013. Baker was rewarded for an impressive start to the 2013-14 campaign, when he was named on the first team substitutes’ bench for the 2-0 League Cup win at Swindon Town on 24th September 2013 and, although he remained unused on that occasion, he did make his first team debut four months later in a 2-0 FA Cup victory at Derby County on 5th January 2014, when he replaced Oscar with three minutes to go. He was also on the bench in the Premier League on 27th April 2014 at Anfield in a 2-0 win over Liverpool, but sat unused. In the UEFA Youth League he played eight full games he played six games in Group E. On 18th September 2013 FC Basel were defeated 4-0 at home and on 1st October 2013 there was another 4-0 win this time at FC Steaua Bucharest. He then gave Chelsea a 1-0 lead with a seventy-fourth minute penalty as they won away at FC Schalke 04 by 2-0 on 22nd October 2013 and then in the reverse fixture on 5th November 2013 he scored the only goal of the game in the seventeenth minute. On 26th November 2013 he opened the scoring at FC Basel on the hour as Chelsea triumphed 2-1. This was followed by a 5-0 home win on 10th December 2013 over FC Steaua Bucharest in the final Group E fixture. In the knock-out rounds on 25th February 2014, he captaine the Pensioners and scored twice in the first game, in the round of sixteen, opening the scoring a minute before half-timeand adding the third in the seventy-fourth minute as they defeated AC Milan 4-1 at home. It looked as if they were going to lift the trophy, but were surprised when they were beaten 1-3 in the quarter-finals at home by FC Schalke 04, a team they had beaten home and away in the Group stages. At Under-Twenty-One and Under-Nineteen level he had a fine season, impressing to such an extent that he was named Chelsea Young Player of the Year 2013-14 and also won the club’s Goal of the Season, voted for by supporters, for a back-heel strike in an Under-Twenty-One match away against Arsenal at the Emirates on 22nd April 2014. In the Premier League 2, Baker started nineteen and was a substitute once and scored eleven goals, two from penalties. He completed all but one of the games he started, the exception being on 7th February 2014 in a 2-1 away win at Fulham, when he was replaced by Ola Aina four minutes before time. His substitute appearance came in his debut game in a 2-4 home defeat by Tottenham Hotspur on 9th August 2013 when he replaced the injured Josh McEachran after thirty-four minutes. His goals started with a trickle and became a torrent towards the season's end. His first goal came in his starting debut on 16th August 2013 in a 4-1 win at Southampton when he made the score 3-1 after sixty-eight minutes. The second came on 2st November 2013 when he cut the deficit to 1-2 seven minutes before half- time in a 3-3 draw at home to West Ham United. Two weeks later he made it three when he scored four minutes after half-time to make the score 3-0 in a game where Chelsea won 5-0 at Bolton Wanderers. Number four came in the next game when he scored the final goal one minute into injury time at the end of the game in a 2-2 draw at home to Reading on 10th January 2014. His next came in his only game as a substitute when he made the score 2-0 in the thirty-sixth minute in a game they won 2-1 at Fulham. He took over the captaincy for the 1-0 home win over Middlesbrough on 8th March 2014 for four of the remaining seven League games. His second game as captain saw him score his sixth goal as he got the final goal in the eighty-ninth minute of a 3-0 win at Stoke City on 4th April 2014. his third game as captain came on 7th April 2014 in a 0-1 home loss to Liverpool, but he was soon back to adding to his impressive goal tally with his seventh goal that made the score 3-1 three minutes before half-time and then his eighth to make the final score 4-2 three minutes into injury time of the win at Aston Villa on 14th April 2014. His fourth game as captain was again fruitful with another double in a 4-2 home win over West Bromwich Albion on 19th April 2014 when his ninth goal making it 2-1on the half-hour and his tenth closed the scoring five minutes from time. His eleventh was the goal that won him the club's goal of the season award as he made it eleven when he equalised at 1-1 in the sixty-eighth minute of his fifth game as captain in a game Chelsea went on to win 2-1. He was again Captain in the Premier League Knockout finals as Manchester City were eliminated on penalties after extra time in the semi-final on 1st May 2014 as Baker edged them closer as he converted a penalty to make the shoot-out 5-4 in Chelsea's favour. His campaign came to an end in fitting fashion as he netted the winning goal in the seventy-ninth minute to clinch the Barclays Under-21 Premier League title against Manchester United at Old Trafford by two goals to one. He also had a successful season with the England Under-Nineteen side, playing fourteen times at that level. He had made his debut for them in 5th February 2013 in a 3-1 win over Denmark Under-Nineteens at the Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster, when he played twenty-three minutes after replacing Tyler Blackett in the sixty-seventh minute. He then started in the 1-0 win over Turkey Under-Nineteens at the New Bucks Head Stadium at Telford and played sixty-five before being replaced by Hallam Hope. He had taken his caps to five by the end of the 2012-13 season with three games in Group Six of UEFA EURO Under-Nineteen Championship Qualifiers in Belgium. He played a full game in each as, on 24th May 2013 England drew 1-1 with Georgia Under-Nineteens at the Stadion Het Breeven, Bornem, and two days later they again drew 1-1, this time with hosts Belgium at Stadion De Leunen, Geel with Baker getting his first goal as he equalised five minutes into injury time at the end of the game. The third game was three days later, on 29th May 2013, as England defeated Scotland 3-0 at the KFC Oosterzonen Stadion, Westerlo as Baker again scored, getting the second goal in the thirty-third minute.On 5th September 2013 he came on as a substitute for Ruben Loftus-Cheek in the fifty-eighth minute of a 6-1 away win in a Friendly with Estonia at Kadrioru Staadion in Tallinn, Estonia. He scored the fourth and fifth England goals in the eighty-eighth and one minute into injury time to take his goal tally to four. There were then three more UEFA EURO Under-Nineteen Championship Qualifiers at the Mestni Stadion in Ptujin, Slovenia to take his caps to nine with games 10th October 2013 in a 1-1 draw with the host nation in which Baker started and played a full game as he got the England equaliser in the eighty-fifth minute for his fifth goal. Two days later he was not amongst the goals as England rattled seven past the outclassed Andorra without reply as he played a full game and then he was Ruben Loftus-Cheek's replacement on the hour as England defeated Switzerland 1-0. He then played a full game in a Friendly at Edzokozpont in Telki, Hungary on 14th November 2013 which saw England defeat their hosts 4-1 for his tenth cap. A further Friendly followed as Turkey Under-Nineteens visited the Swansway Stadium, Chester and were beaten 3-0. Baker scored the second England goal from the spot in the sixtieth minute as he scored his sixth goal in his eleventh appearance. His final three caps came from full games in the UEFA EURO Under-Nineteen Championship Group A1 Qualifiers in England to take him to fourteen and he also added three goals to take him to nine. The first of those games was at the Banks's (or Bescot) Stadium, Walsall on 24th May 2014 with Montenegro Under-Nineteens being defeated by 6-0, with Baker scoring the second in the fifty-second minute. The second was two days later at the Pirelli Stadium at Burton-on-Trent in a 2-1 win over Scotland in which Baker scored both goals. The first to equalise in the seventy-sixth minute and then the winner six minutes later. His final game was also at the same venue three days later which saw Ukraine pull off a shock 0-1 win five minutes into injury time. Baker signed a new five-year contract in August 2014 and was a member of Jose Mourinho's first team squad for the first half of the 2014-15 campaign. He sat on the bench at Old Trafford as Chelsea drew 1-1 on 26th October 2014 and similarly he was twice unused in the League Cup after being called to the bench for a 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge on 24th September 2014 against Bolton Wanderers and another on 28th October 2014 at Shrewsbury Town. He did start four games in Premier League 2, being Captain in the first three as on 15th August 2014. On 15th August 2014 in a 2-1 win over Machester City Under-Twenty-Ones, then on 24th August in a 3-1 home win over Norwich City. He was replaced by Kasey Palmer with three minutes to go on 27th September 2014 in a 1-1 draw at Leicester City and then on 9th November 2014 he played a full game in a 1-1 draw at home to Manchester United. It was announced on 8th January 2015 that he was moving on loan to Championship side Sheffield Wednesday, potentially until the end of the season. He made four appearances for them. He made his debut on 10th January 2015 in a 2-0 away win at Nottingham Forest when he replaced Jacques Maghoma with nine minutes to go. A week later he replaced José Semedo after seventy-eight minutes as Wednesday went down 1-2 to Bolton Wanderers at Hillsborough. He started and made a full game as Birmingham City held them goalless at Hillsborough on 27th January 2015. Four days later he played his final game as he started at Reading, and played until half-time when he was replaced by Atdhe Nuhiu as Wednesday went down 0-2. He was not selected for the next game and so Chelsea recalled him and he returned to Stamford Bridge. He then went to League One side MK Dons on loan from 25th February 2014 until the end of the season. Baker enjoyed a productive spell at MK Dons as they secured automatic promotion to the Championship. During his time there the midfielder scored three goals in eight starts and twelve substitute appearances. He made his debut on 28th February 2015 at the Ricoh Arena as Coventry won 2-1 as Baker replaced the injured Samir Carruthers with twenty minutes to go. He started in the 1-2 home defeat by Chesterfield and scored his first goal when he opened the scoring in the twenty-eighth minute and played eighty-four minutes before he was replaced by Keith Andrews. He sat unused on the bench on 7th March 2015 as Preston North End won 0-2 at the MK Stadium. A week later he replaced Ben Reeves after seventy-seven minutes in a 1-1 away draw at Walsall. Three days later he played a full game as MK Dons won 3-1 at Oldham Athletic. There was another full game in a 4-1 home win over Notts County as Baker got the second goal in the seventy-fourth minute on 21st March 2015. Things were on the up as MK Dons started regularly accumulating the points. On 4th April he came off the bench to replace Dean Bowditch with fifteen minutes left and they won 3-0 at Swindon Town. Three days later he played a full game in a 2-0 home win over Scunthorpe United and on 11th April 2015 he replaced Dele Alli with twenty-eight minutes to go in a 0-0 away draw at Port Vale. Three days later he scored his third goal to open the scoring in the fifty-fifth minute of a 3-0 away win at Fleetwood Town, when he played a full game. On 18th April 2015 he played another full game in a 6-1 home win over Leyton Orient and three days later he started in a 3-0 home win over Doncaster Rovers but was replaced by Dean Bowditch after sixty-five minutes. There was another full game on 25th April 2015 as they won 3-2 at Rochdale. He then sat unused on the bench for the final game of the season as Yeovil Town were beaten at home by 5-1 on 3rd May 2015 as they won automatic promotion as runners-up. Back at Chelsea he was so highly thought of by Jose Mourinho that he would receive a winner's medal for his contributions to Chelsea that season. Baker made his England Under-Twenty debut on 5th September 2014 in a 6-0 win over Romania Under-Nineteens at New Bucks Head Stadiun, Telford when he started and scored the fourth goal in the seventy- eighth minute before giving way to Josh Harrop a minute later. He also started in his second game and was Captain in a 2-2 draw with Canada Under-Twenties at the Vitality Stadium (Dean Court), Bournemouth, on 12th November 2014, but came off for Josh Murphy in the sixty-first minute. Five days later he was again Captain for the full game against Portugal at Estadio Municipal Sergio Conceicaoin a game that was 1-1 at after extra time, but Baker scored his penalty to keep the score to 3-3 before England prevailed 5-4 after the shoot out. There was another shoot out in his fourth game when he was again Captain on 25th March 2015 at the Hive Stadium, Edgeware as once more the game finished 1-1 after extra-time against Mexico Under-Twenties, but he was replaced by John Swift after sixty-nine minutes as England went on to win 4-2 on penalties. He then sat unused on the bench as England beat USA 2-1 at Home Park, Plymouth, on 29th March 2015. The final five caps came in the Toulon Tournament 2015. On 28th May 2015 England with Baker as Captain were held to a 3-3 draw by Morocco Under-Tweny-Threes at Stade Leo Lagrange at Toulon and played the full eighty minutes. Two days later he came off the bench to replace Callum Robinson in the sixty-eighrth minute at the same venue in a 2-1 win over the Ivory Coast Under-Twenty-Threes. He was again a substitute on 3rd June at the Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny at Aubagne, when he replaced John Swift in a 1-2 defeat by Mexico Under-Twenty-Twos. They secured second place in the group and a play off for third place in the competition with a 3-1 win over China Under-Twenty-Threes at Stade Leo Lagrange at Toulon, as he played a full eighty minutes as Captain on 5th June 2015. He only took the field for the final four minutes as England went down by 1-2 at the Stade Mayol in Toulon, when he replaced Jack Stephens on 7th June 2015. It was announced on 26th June 2015 that Chelsea had agreed terms with Vitesse Arnhem for him to spend the 2015-16 season on loan at the Dutch club. He made his debut for them in a 0-3 defeat at Southampton in the Europa League qualifiers on 30th July 2015, in which he played a full game. A week later they also were beaten 0-2 at home and he played all but the final nine minutes before bein replaced by Danilo Pantic. His Eredivisie debut was on 9th August 2015 in a 1-1 draw at Willem II Tilburg in which he played a full game. His first goal came in the next game when he scored the opening goal from the penalty spot one minute into injury time at the end of the first half in a 3-0 home win over Roda JC Kerkrade on 14th August 2015. His second goal came in the fourth game in a 4-1 home win over SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden on 30th August 2015, when he opened the scoring with a second minute penalty. The third goal came on 18th October in a 5-1 away win at PEC Zwolle with the opener in the seventh minute. He then had to wait over four months for his fourth goal which came on 21st February 2016 when he got the second equaliser, six minutes before time in a 2-2 away draw at De Graafschap Doetinchem with a right-footed strike from distance, which became the Dutch club's "goal of the season". His fifth League goal came in a 1-2 away defeat at NEC Nijmegen, six minutes before time. He had scored five goals in the Eredivisie from twenty-three starts, eight games as a substitute and he was an unused substitute in three others. He also played two full games in the Beloften Eredivisie and scored once, to level the scores at 1-1, in the nineteenth minute of a 1-5 defeat at FC Groningen Under-Twenty-Ones on 7th December 2015. He also came on as a sixty-eighth minute substitute for Valeri Qazaishvili on 23rd September 2015 as Hercules Almelo beat them 1-4 after penalties in the TOTO KNVB beker. Baker had started his England Under-Twenty-One International career with two games unused on the bench as England came through the UEFA European Under- Twenty-One Championship Qualifying Round with two 2-1 wins over Croatia first on 10th October 2014 at Molineux Stadium Wolverhampton and then four days later in Cibalia Vinkovci, Croatia. This took them to Group 9 of the competition and he next took part in four games in which he played the full ninety minutes. On 13th October 2015 at the Ricoh Arena Coventry the Kazakhstan Under-Twenty-Ones were defeated 3-0. Then on 12th November 2015 at Asim Ferhatovic Hase Stadium in Sarajevo there was a 0-0 draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina Under-Twenty-Ones. Four days later at the Amex Stadium, Brighton Switzerland Under-Twenty-Ones were beaten 3-1 and much later on 26th March 2016 the two teams played a 1-1 draw at Stockhorn Arena, Thun in the reverse fixture. He was then included in the England team that took part in the Toulon Tournament of 2016. On 19th May 2016 he played a full eighty minutes in the 1-0 win over Portugal Under-Twenties at the Stade Leo Lagrange in Toulon and scored the only goal on the hour mark. He sat unused on the substitutes bench four days later as England routed Guinea Under-Twenty-Threes 7-1 at Stade de Lattre- de-Tassigny at Aubagne. Two days he returned for a full game in a 4-0 win over Paraguay Under-Twenties at the Stade Antoine Baptiste, Six-Fours-les-Plages and he opened the scoring with his second goal in the competition after thirty-four minutes. His third goal of the competition and at the Under-Twenty-One level, after fifteen minutes, was enough to give victory over Japan Under-Twenty-Threes on 27th May 2016 at Stade Leo Lagrange in Toulon, in a game that he made way for Ruben Loftus- Cheek after the half-time break. This ensure that England finished top of their Group and gave direct access to the Final. This was played on 29th May 2016 at the Parc des Sports in Avignon and his fourth goal opened the scoring in the eighth minute as England took the trophy with a 2-1 win over France Under-Twenties. Baker's four goals was enough to earn him the Golden Boot award. He added a further two caps in the UEFA European Under-Twenty-One Championship Qualifying Round Group 9 to take him to ten with full games in a 6-1 win over Norway Under-Twenty-Ones at JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester on 6th September 2016, in which he scored the final goal to take him to five, four minutes before time, and on 6th October 2016 at the Central Stadium Aktobe, Kazakhstan which finished 1-0 in England's favour. He did also sit on the bench, unused, on 11th October 2016 as England won 5-0 at Banks's (Bescot) Stadium at Walsall over Bosnia and Herzegovina Under-Twenty-Ones in the same competition. A succession of Friendly Internationals took his caps to thirteen and he took his goals to seven. On 10th November 2016 he started the game against Italy Under-Twenty-Ones at St Mary's, Southampton and scored on the hour to level the scores at 2-2 before giving way to Tammy Abraham after seventy-six minutes in a game they went on to win 3-2. Four days later at the Stade Robert Bobin at Bondoufle, France, he played a full game and again levelled the game at 2-2, with nine minutes to go, but, on this occasion, France got the winner and England were beaten 2-3. On 24th March 2017 he played a full game as England went down 0-1 to Germany at the BRITA Arena football stadium in Wiesbaden, Germany. Three days later he was an unused substitute in a 4-0 away win over Denmark Under- Twenty-Ones at BioNutria Park, Randers, Denmark. He took his caps to seventeen and his goals to eight in four appearances in the 2017 European Under-21 Football Championship Group A . He played full games in the the three Group games which were all played at the Kolporter Arena,Kielce, Poland. On 16th June 2017 in a 0-0 draw with Sweden, three days later in a 2-1 win over Slovakia and on 22nd June 2017 in a 3-0 win over the hosts, Poland with Baker scoring the third goal, eight minutes before the final whistle. This saw England as leaders of the Group and the progressed to the knock-out stage. They met Germany in the Semi-Finals at the Stadion Miejski w Tychach, in Tichy on 27th June 2017. The scores finished level at 2-2 at the end of extra time and the game went to penalties. Even though Baker converted his penalty to make the score 3-3 England went down 5-6 and were eliminated at the semi-final stage. Baker's loan was extended for a further season in June 2016 and he continued on as a mainstay of the Vitesse midfield, upping his scoring rate to the extent he found the net four games in succession in the autumn and had scored nine in total by the end of January. A goal in the final game on 14th May 2017 in injury time at the end in a 3-0 home win over Roda JC Kerkrade took him to ten in the Eredivisie. Included in those were several of his trademark free-kicks. He aso scored five goals in six starts in the TOTO KNVB beker. He opened the scoring in the ninth minute of the 7-2 away win at ASV De Dijk in the first round on 22nd September 2016 and in the second round on 26th October he gave Arnhem a 2-1 lead from the spot just short of the hour mark in a 4-1 home win over RKC Waalwijk. He was also on the mark in the next round in a 4-0 home win on 14th December 2017, over CVV de Jodan Boys, when he scored from the spot to make it 3-0 after fifty-two minutes but gave way to Mohammed Osman in the seventy-third minute. He played a full game in the 2-0 win over Feyenoord Rotterdam in the next round on 26th January 2017. He then scored both goals in the semi-final, in the thirteenth and seventy-third minutes to open up a 2-0 lead in a game they won 2-1 on 1st March 2017 over Sparta Rotterdam. He played in the finalon 30th April 2017 when AZ Alkmaar were defeated 2-0 to secure Vitesse's first ever piece of major silverware. In the Eredivisie he started thirty-three games. In the summer of 2017 Baker was part of the Chelsea squad which travelled to Asia for their summer tour, where he featured in matches against Arsenal and Bayern Munich. On 11th August,2017 it was announced he had signed a new five-year contract at Stamford Bridge and would be spending the 2017-18 season on loan at Middlesbrough. In a season affected by injury and managerial changes at the Riverside, Baker made fourteen appearances, scoring two goals. He made his Boro debut on 12th August as a sixty-eighth minute substitute for Rudt Gestede in a 1-0 win over Sheffield United at the Riverside. He had two further substitute appearances befor he started on 26th August in a 0-0 home draw with Preston North End, when he was replaced in the sixty-eighth minute by Stewart Downing. He started on 9th September 2017 in a 3-0 away win at Bolton Wanderers but was again substituted in the sixty-eighth minute, this time by Marvin Johnson. Three days later, in a 0-0 away draw at Aston Villa he completed a full game. A feat he repeated in his next game four days later as he scored his first goal for Boro, when he scored the first equaliser in the thirty-sixth minute of a 3-2 home win over Queens Park Rangers.He went on to complete just four games in six starts, but came on as a substitute in six games and was unused on the bench in ten games in the Championship. He did find the net once in the League Cup when he made the score 2-0 on the half-hour mark of a 3-0 home win over Scunthorpe United on 22nd August 2017 as he played a full game. He also started another in a 1-3 defeat at Bournemouth but was replaced by Ashley Fletcher with seven minutes left on the clock. He also sat unused once on the bench in that competition. He did also start one game in the Premier League 2 in a 1-0 away win at Newcastle United Under-Twenty-Threes on 3rd April 2018, but was replaced after fifty-seven minutes by Kian Spence. Baker signed for Leeds United on 1st July 2018 on a season long loan. He started at York City on 19th July 2018 and played a full game in a 1-1 draw. He also had a full game in a 3-4 defeat at Oxford United five days later, when he scored the Leeds second goal after sixty-three minutes. On 26th July 2018 there was another full game in a 4-3 win at Guiseley. Three days later he played his first game at Elland Road as a half-time replacement for Ronaldo Vieira and he in turn was replaced by Jamie Shackleton with two minutes to go in a 1-0 win over UD Las Palmas. He made his League debut in the first game of the season as Leeds defeated Stoke City at Elland Road on 5th August 2018, but he only played two minutes as a late substitute for Samu Saiz. The longest he had played was when Marcelo Bielsa brought off Kalvin Phillips in a controversial tactical move after just twenty-eight minutes and gave him sixty-two minutes playing time in a 2-2 draw at Swansea City on 21st August 2018. After fourteen League games he had eight substitute appearances and six games unused on the bench to show for it. However in the League Cup he had started both games and played a full game in both.

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