Leeds United have confirmed today that young midfielder Robbie Gotts has left the club to join Barrow on a permanent deal. The 21-year-old has followed Jordan Stevens to join League Two side Barrow AFC in a permanent move. Gotts, a product of the Leeds United Academy, impressed throughout his time at the club – particularly at Under-23 level. The versatile midfielder was wanted by Oldham and Motherwell as well, but he chose to move to Barrow instead. The youngster spent last season on loan at Lincoln City and Salford City and leaves the Whites after a long association with the club. Marcelo Bielsa has always spoken highly about Gotts. He heaped praise on the youngster last year, but the player has not established himself in the first team. Gotts took to social networking site Instagra...
Leeds United will face Burnley in their next Premier League game at Turf Moor on Saturday. Ahead of the match, Marcelo Bielsa has confirmed that Leeds skipper Liam Cooper is available for selection once again. Cooper was absent during Leeds’ 3-1 win over Tottenham with a gluteus injury last weekend. Before that, the Whites skipper was suspended for three games after he was sent off in Leeds’ 2-1 win over Manchester City last month. Bielsa has now confirmed that he is fit to play against the Clarets. “He has recovered his health – he hasn’t got any injuries which prevent him from participating,” said Bielsa as quoted by Leeds Live. The Argentine has got a near-fully fit squad to choose from for the trip to Turf Moor, with just Helder Costa, Joe Gelhardt and Adam Forshaw missing. With ...
Leeds United will be without their skipper Liam Cooper in their next Premier League game against Wolverhampton Wanderers. The Whites confirmed yesterday that Cooper will be out for two weeks after he picked up a muscular injury whilst on international duty. Summer signing Diego Llorente is also likely to be absent. The Spaniard also picked a muscle injury during the international break. Both the players returned to Thorp Arch after picking up groin injuries on international duty whilst representing Scotland and Spain respectively. Following scans, Leeds have confirmed that Llorente will face up to three weeks out. Cooper is expected to be available within the next two weeks. Many Leeds fans feel that Cooper should stop playing for the country and focus more on club football to prolong his ...
Leeds United centre-back Diego Llorente has picked up a muscle injury whilst on international duty. Llorente, who is yet to play for Leeds, managed his sixth cap for Spain when he started in the friendly against Portugal last week. The Spanish FA confirmed on Sunday that Llorente was withdrawn from the squad and will not travel to Kiev for the clash with Ukraine on Tuesday after picking up a muscle problem. A muscle injury picked up by Llorente on international duty, according to the Spanish FA https://t.co/ORGkW1cLq6 — Phil Hay (@PhilHay_) October 11, 2020 Llorente was an unused substitute for the win over Switzerland on Saturday and Leeds have been informed of his knock. The Spaniard joined Leeds during the summer transfer window for a reported fee of £18m from Real Sociedad. Leeds ...
Crystal Palace new signing Eberechi Eze has been included in the PFA Championship Team of the Year. The PFA made the announcement which was published on their verified Twitter handle on Tuesday. Eze’s inclusion is due to his impressive performance for former club Queens Park Rangers last season. The 22-year-old scored 13 goals and provided eight assists in 45 Championship appearances for QPR. He was voted QPRs Players’ Player of the Year, the Supporters’ Player of the Year and the club Player of the Year. The PFA Championship Team of the Year was dominated by newly promoted Leeds United who have four players: Luke Ayling, Ben White, Liam Cooper and Kalvin Philips. Other players in the list are Brice Samba of Nottingham Forest, West Bromwich Albion’s Romaine Sawyers, Aleksandar Mitrovic and...