Leeds United take on Plymouth Argyle this week in what feels like a must win game.
Leeds came up short against Bristol City away at Ashton Gate drawing 0-0 with the club and losing ground in the promotion chase. Now they are five points behind Sunderland. It also saw Leeds miss the opportunity to leap ahead of Burnley into second place, which is certainly a blow.
Now they come up against a player who will not be well liked by the Leeds fans. Wayne Rooney is in charge of Plymouth at the moment and is a legend at Manchester United, a club that certainly is not liked by Leeds fans.
So, he can certainly expect a degree of abuse from the Elland Road faithful come Saturday, but it is vital that he is not allowed to have the last laugh as Leeds continue to pursue promotion back to the Premier League at the end of the season.
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Wayne Rooney reveals his thoughts on Leeds United
The former Manchester United, Everton and England legend has now revealed what he things about Leeds United in his pre-match press conference.
According to Leeds United News, Rooney said of Leeds: “We’re representing the football club, we’re going to try and win. We’ll suffer at times, we have to be resilient and pull together. When we get chances, we need to try and punish Leeds. We’ll be doing everything we can to do that.
“For us, it’s another game. Of course, they’re a big club, historic team, but for us, it’s one of three games we’ve got this week.”
He also gave an injury update: “We’re quite thin at the moment. Joe Edwards will be out for a while, he’s got quite a bad one. Lewis [Gibson] will be out until the international break.”
They will also be without Leeds loanee Darko Gyabi.
