Ilia Gruev was only a temporary fix for Ethan Ampadu in midfield as the Wales star dropped into the Leeds United defence in place of the injured Pascal Struijk – but it has become a permanent move. Ampadu started the season, and initially joined Leeds to play the anchoring midfield role in the 4-2-3-1 system deployed by Daniel Farke. He did that superbly, during the first half of the season at Elland Road. But with Struijk injured, Farke chose to partner Ampadu in the middle of the defence with Joe Rodon – his fellow Wales teammate. He did so instead of bringing in either Liam Cooper or Charli…
