View: Leeds attacker ruled out for the season – Bielsa will be fuming
Helder Costa has been ruled out of the Tottenham game and for the rest of the season after a stupid challenge from Aaron Wan-Bissaka in the 0-0 draw against Man United.
Leeds are suffering late on in the season. Raphinha has been sidelined since the 2-1 win against Man City after a shocking challenge from Fernandinho, who only got a yellow.
Kalvin Phillips has missed the last two and is a doubt for the game against Tottenham on Saturday.
But it’s Costa who’s taken the biggest hit and Marcelo Bielsa must be fuming.
The Leeds United Twitter account made it clear that they weren’t happy with the challenge calling it a suplex.
One Leeds fan ran with that theme, showing a clip from a wrestling match and saying, “Footage of Wan Bissaka’s challenge on Helder Costa, play on”.
https://twitter.com/penz1981/status/1386408712592494596
With Raphinha taken out by a cynical challenge from Fernaninho in the 2-1 win against Man City, it means that Bielsa has lost his two senior right wingers to terrible challenges in the space of a couple of weeks.
He’ll be spewing about that and it means he’s going to be faced with a big dilemma if Raphinha doesn’t pass a late fitness test ahead of the game against Tottenham.
Leeds have only scored one goal in three games since Raphinha and Costa have been missing and the attack, which was so potent earlier in the season, has been blunted.
Costa will have to wait until next season to make another impact and that’s bad for him and bad for Leeds.
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