Slowly but surely the rooms at Leeds United’s team hotel are being filled with more and more experience.
Junior Firpo’s return to contention could see Leo Hjelde make way in the matchday squad at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this afternoon.
Luke Ayling, Robin Koch and Patrick Bamford are the only senior names of note expected to be missing from the team coaches on the drive to Spurs in the Premier League later today.
Jamie Shackleton and Firpo need minutes, but are free of injury, so must be in contention for bolstering the bench today.
Joe Gelhardt is another name which should come into the unit which drew with Leicester City. Assuming his half an hour with the under-23s went well, he should be in contention for the 20.
Firpo, Tyler Roberts, Mateusz Klich and Shackleton look likely to be the experienced options from the bench for Bielsa in the capital if he goes with the same line-up of two weeks ago..
Expected Leeds United squad: Illan Meslier, Junior Firpo, Adam Forshaw, Liam Cooper, Raphinha, Tyler Roberts, Kristoffer Klaesson, Diego Llorente, Stuart Dallas, Rodrigo, Daniel James, Pascal Struijk, Jack Harrison, Kalvin Phillips, Joe Gelhardt, Charlie Cresswell, Cody Drameh, Crysencio Summerville, Mateusz Klich, Jamie Shackleton.
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