Will Casilla play with hand injury?

25 Feb 2020 08:31 am, by Ellandback1


Good Morning. It's Tuesday 25th February, and here are the latest headlines from Elland Road...


Will hand injury keep Kiko sidelined?

Unsubstantiated rumours are doing the rounds on social media that Kiko Casilla picked up a hand injury during the 1-0 win over Reading last weekend. Although Bielsa is yet to confirm the injury, pictures of the former Real Madrid shot stopper have been released on social media showing the Spaniard with a wrist brace, and two fingers taped together.

Obviously this means that Casilla is not match fit, yet many assume that he picked up the injury in the first half. Meslier spent half time undergoing an extensive warm up, with coaches emerging from the tunnel with instructions; however Bielsa decided not to make the swap. We know that the the Frenchman has a clause in his contract that if he plays 10 first team games or more (and Leeds get promoted) the loan agreed becomes permanent, with a fee of just over 5m being agreed between the two clubs!





Will dead leg sideline Phillips

It has been confirmed that the injury Kelvin Phillips picked up last weekend against the Royals is not as serious as first thought. The 24 year old suffered a dead leg during a tussle midway through the first half. Although he tried to run it off, his restrictive moment caused Bielsa to bring him off. Former footballer, now pundit, Darren Bent explains that the injury, although painful is not too serious:-

Dead legs were always the worst, for the first day you’re thinking to yourself: ‘I can’t walk here, I’m never going to be able to play, I’m not going to be ready!’ After day two, if you go on the bike, it does ease up fairly quickly.

Obviously when you do first do it, you’re like: ‘That’s it, I’m out for a week, I can’t play with this.’ As you take your anti-inflammatories, get yourself moving, get on the bike, it does ease up. You’ve got to ice it, get it down.




Saints backed out of Adams transfer after deal agreed

Leeds United agreed a £19m deal to bring Che Adams to Elland Road in the January transfer window, only for Southampton to then change their minds. The news came from former player, now pundit Michael Brown who supposedly has close connections to Elland Road following his three year tenure in West Yorkshire. Leeds held extensive talks with the Premier League club about a loan-to-buy deal for Adams before Southampton blocked him moving last month following a late U-turn.

Che Adams was agreed, I think at £17m, then Southampton said, ‘can you increase that bid’?

Adams wanted to go [to Leeds], then the price went up £2m more. Leeds met that, it was agreed [at £19m], and then the Southampton manager stepped in and said, ‘Do you know what? I want to keep him’.

Adams had contributed to the team, the manager got stronger at Southampton, regarding their results, and Adams obviously stayed where he was so Leeds probably missed out on that nine that they wanted.



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Ellandback1 wrote on 25 Feb 2020 09:20 pm

With both Luton and Huddersfield winning, Boro Manager Jonathan Woodgate has not felt this sort of pressure since deciding it was a good idea to go to the Majestic nightclub

Sara wrote on 25 Feb 2020 09:13 pm

Ellandback1 wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 9:05 pm Depending if and when Derby get penalised by the FA under FFP rules, Leeds could be the team to send them to Division 1
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Ellandback1 wrote on 25 Feb 2020 09:05 pm

Depending if and when Derby get penalised by the FA under FFP rules, Leeds could be the team to send them to Division 1

Ellandback1 wrote on 25 Feb 2020 09:03 pm

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