Leeds: Donnohue drops Bamford injury update

Leeds United have been dealt a possible blow forward of their Premier League assembly with Chelsea this Sunday.

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In a current report for the Yorkshire Evening Post, Joe Donnohue revealed that, regardless of Patrick Bamford having executed the correct factor when informing the bench he wished to be substituted as a result of a knock sustained within the first half of the Whites’ 2-2 draw with Southampton final weekend, the go to of Chelsea this weekend could come too quickly for the centre-forward’s return to motion.

Talking concerning the 28-year-old’s present situation, Jesse Marsch mentioned: “What I’m most happy with is that he was sincere with us and made the choice that it simply wasn’t proper. It’s simply the truth and once more, pay attention, we’ve even tried within the week to change his [Bamford’s] loading and he’s been feeling nice.

“However it’s apparent that if you’re out for therefore lengthy that there’s going to be little issues that pop up and so once more possibly we might have made the choice to not play him [against Southampton] however he felt good. We now have to handle him appropriately.”

Massive blow for Marsch

With Victor Orta having but so as to add a brand new centre-forward to Marsch’s attacking arsenal in the summertime switch window, coupled with 20-year-old Joe Gelhardt additionally struggling for fitness to date this season, the information that the Chelsea fixture might come too quickly for Bamford to make a return to first-team soccer is bound to have come as a gutting blow for the American supervisor.

Certainly, though help striker Rodrigo has began the 2022/23 marketing campaign in high quality goalscoring type – bagging three targets over his two Premier League appearances to date – it’s nonetheless clear to see that the Whites are nonetheless closely reliant on the targets of the England worldwide.

That is evidenced by the membership’s return of targets through the striker’s absence as a result of a collection of accidents final season, with the Whites managing to hit the again of the web simply 42 occasions within the Premier League final day trip – with Bamford scoring two over his 9 top-flight fixtures – whereas, within the marketing campaign prior, Leeds scored a way more spectacular 62 targets within the league – with the 28-year-old bagging 17 over his 38 Premier League outings.

As such, ought to the previous Chelsea ahead certainly be dominated out towards his former membership this weekend, it could not seem to bode effectively for the Whites’ probabilities of outscoring their seventh-placed opponents – one thing that’s positive to return as a giant blow to Marsch.