Good Morning. It's Tuesday 12th January, and here are the latest headlines from Elland Road...


Llorente missing from U23s game no cause for concern

Despite previous indications that Llorente needs under-23s matches to build himself up, Bielsa decided (after the Crawley game) it was more important having the Spanish International train with the rest of the first team. The 27 year old has only one league appearance under his belt for the Whites. He first picked up a muscle injury back in September whilst on International duty with Spain before even kicking a ball for Leeds. He sustained a brand new muscle injury during his long awaited debut game against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in early December.

It was during this game that Koch sustained the knee injury that led him going under the surgeons knife, keeping the German International sidelined until March. though Llorente was not 100 percent fit, Bielsa decided to risk the former Real Sociedad player for the remaining 85 minutes. Unfortunately a fresh injury was to keep him sidelined for a further month.





Cooper's comeback delights Whelan

Leeds Soccer pundit Noel Whelan has been talking of his relief that club Captain Liam Cooper will be fit to start against South Cost outfit Brighton on Saturday...

He’s one of those players who is a leader out there on the field and one of the players you get the most consistency out of . So to see him back is massive news, especially when you’ve got Brighton and Southampton coming up and you need natural defenders and leaders out there in the Premier League games. It will be nice to have him back and I’m guessing with Luke Ayling.

I’m not sure how far Diego Llorente is off but he’s been training and wasn’t ready for yesterday’s game. He could be another player that could be included in the squad for the Brighton match giving him another week of fitness and making sure he’s 100 per cent right for the game.

Leeds v Saints match to be called off

Next Wednesdays fixture between Leeds v Southampton is due to be called off, but only because of Shrewsbury Town. The Shrews have seen a Covid-19 outbreak decimate their squad, and they had to postpone their Cup game against the Saints. The League 1 team risk being thrown out of the cup for not being able to field a team, therefor talks are underway to postpone the Leeds game in order that Southampton can fulfil their cup game.