Marcelo Bielsa was speaking to the media ahead of this weekend’s game against Watford, and gave a much needed update on the fitness of some of his squad.
Raphinha is deemed to be fit to play after going off against West Ham with a muscle injury. There’s an injury boost to star defender Diego Llorente who is also ready to return to the squad having not played since going off injured against Liverpool. Hopefully the Spaniard is ready to put his injury woes at Leeds behind him.
Patrick Bamford however will miss the clash, as Bielsa revealed that his ankle injury will keep him out of action for a few weeks, ruling him out of an England call up. Luke Ayling is also out of the Watford game, with Bielsa admitting the right back will undergo ‘simple’ knee surgery. There is still no timescale on when Robin Koch will return from his Pelvic issue.
The Leeds squad is slowly crawling back to fitness, with the squad getting closer to fully recovering day by day.
