Phil Hay: Diego Llorente misses Leeds United training, big doubt to miss Leicester clash
Leeds United defender Diego Llorente has missed training on Thursday and is now a big doubt for the trip to Leicester City.
Phil Hay has shared the news after Jesse Marsch sat down for his first press conference since taking charge of the Whites.
The Spaniard hasn’t been in the best of form recently and looks likely to miss out down to injury, and not his performances.
Relaying the news on his personal Twitter account this afternoon (03 March), Hay shared yet another big problem.
“Llorente hasn’t trained today and is a doubt for Leicester on Saturday,” he wrote.
Needed break?
Llorente hasn’t been 100% ruled out of action yet, which means that the injury won’t be massively seriously if he was.
With Aston Villa and Norwich coming up next week, both at Elland Road, the Spaniard could be rested so he is ready for both of those.
Robin Koch and Pascal Struijk will likely partner each other in the heart of the defence now, a partnership that we haven’t seen very often in recent years.
With zonal marking coming into play, it will be that duo who will likely have to adapt that system against the pace of Jamie Vardy, who is no doubt going to start after his return against Burnley.
Llorente was nothing short of shocking against Spurs, and he was likely on the chopping block whether he was fit or not.
In other Leeds United news, Jeff Stelling has shared what he has been told about the injury blow to Patrick Bamford over the past week