Leeds United without four players for Spain tour, Stuart Dallas asked to travel
Leeds United have included Stuart Dallas in their pre-season tour to Spain despite being unable to train through injury, according to Leeds Live.
The Northern Ireland international has been out injured for several months after suffering a big injury against Manchester City late on last season.
Jesse Marsch, though, is keen for him to remain close to the senior squad as he continues his rehabilitation and so he is in Spain to observe training and work alone where possible.
There are, however, four players who are not in the much warmer climate ahead of three friendlies to prepare for the Premier League restart against the Citizens.
Brenden Aaronson, Tyler Adams and Rasmus Kristensen will be allowed time off having played in the World Cup with both the United States and Denmark now out while Luis Sinisterra remains injured and won’t travel either.
Experiment
Marsch has a number of very young players hoping to make their mark before the restart and three matches gives the manager an ideal opportunity to get minutes out of everybody.
Mateo Joseph is perhaps the player closest to breaking into the senior setup permanently having been the standout player in the Under-21s this season but Sonny Perkins is close too.
Elsewhere, Cody Drameh wants to break into the team after waiting very patiently and that is not the only way the American coach can experiment in these three matches.
Although there have been a couple of standout results in the weeks prior to the World Cup break, the Whites are still only 15th in the Premier League.
Maybe this week can be a perfect time to try out a new system that can be a backup plan should the familiar formation not pan out against any particular team or player.
In other Leeds United news, having missed out on this international ace in the summer, Victor Orta could try again in January with a loan move in the offing.