Marcelo Bielsa confirms Leeds United team news v Norwich
Patrick Bamford is not available for Leeds United when they play away at Norwich City on Sunday, Marcelo Bielsa has confirmed.
However, there is some good news for the Whites as Raphinha, Junior Firpo and Kalvin Phillips are all set to play at Carrow Road.
Luke Ayling has been missing for Leeds lately and it remains to be seen whether he’s available with BBC Radio Leeds broadcaster Adam Pope sharing Bielsa’s team news update from his press conference on Twitter.
Must-win game?
Leeds’ start to the season has been pretty horrendous if we compare it to how we did last season.
Bielsa’s men are struggling to score and also struggling to keep clean sheets, which is a recipe for disaster when it’s for a team who’s in their second season in the Premier League.
We’re not saying that second-season syndrome is affecting the Whites – but injuries and selection issues have been.
If you take international players like Bamford, Diego Llorente, Koch and Kalvin Phillips out of a team then they’re going to perform worse.
Leeds have won just two matches this season in normal time and they’ve been against Watford and Crewe.
It’s simply not good enough but while some pundits and fans will call for Bielsa to change his approach and adopt a plan B, what we really need is for this injury crisis to be over.
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