Leeds: Hay drops Bamford injury update

Leeds United have been dealt an enormous blow forward of their Carabao Cup assembly with Wolverhampton Wanderers on Wednesday night.

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That’s in accordance with Phil Hay, with The Athletic journalist revealing on a current episode of The Phil Hay Show that Patrick Bamford – who has began simply four Premier League fixtures this season attributable to a collection of accidents – now seems set to overlook each tomorrow’s cup tie and Saturday’s assembly with Tottenham Hotspur after struggling yet one more setback.

Relating to the present situation of the 29-year-old, Hay mentioned: “You’ll know that Bamford was lacking once more on the weekend. Marsch mentioned he’d injured himself taking a penalty at Thorp Arch on Friday [in] principally the final kick of coaching, and it’s genuinely one factor after one other with Bamford.

“Provided that he’ll now miss the League Cup recreation towards Wolves, and I’d suppose, Spurs away as nicely – it was a seven-day damage they had been speaking about nevertheless it may be a problem for him to be match for the weekend – he could have gone, by the point the season resumes, a full calendar 12 months with out scoring.”

The information comes amid Luis Sinisterra additionally being ruled out for the foreseeable future.

Big blow

Whereas it’s true that Leeds presently have a wealth of younger attacking expertise breaking by means of into Jesse Marsch’s first-team squad – comparable to Joe Gelhardt, Sam Greenwood, Crysencio Summerville and Wilfried Gnonto – with none of those gamers notably being an out-and-out quantity 9, Bamford’s loss could have come as an enormous blow to the American.

Certainly, whereas Rodrigo has been in first rate goalscoring kind this season – bagging seven objectives over his 12 Premier League fixtures – the Spaniard can also be extra of a second striker than a focus of the group, ensuing within the absence of the England worldwide leaving Marsch extraordinarily in need of selection up prime.

And, regardless of the 29-year-old being but to attain over his ten league appearances this season, the £10.5m-rated expertise greater than proved over his 38 top-flight fixtures again in 2020/21 simply how scientific a completely match Bamford is, with the striker bagging 17 objectives and offering his teammates with an additional eight assists – averaging a direct purpose involvement each 122 minutes of soccer performed.

As such, with Leeds lastly trying to be placing collectively an honest run of kind following wins over Liverpool and AFC Bournemouth, the centre-forward’s newest setback will undoubtedly have come as a gutting blow to Marsch – who will definitely be hoping his aspect can decide up yet one more optimistic consequence at Molineux so as to proceed their present momentum.