Leeds United’s squad has been a little stretched recently due to both injuries and play departures. The Whites are two men lighter from how they started the window with both Luke Ayling and Djed Spence having left, while the likes of Liam Cooper, Pascal Struijk and Sam Byram have missed matches through injury. As a result of the injuries at the back, Ethan Ampadu and Joe Rodon have formed a new centre-back partnership, but it is the former’s positional change which has handed an opportunity elsewhere. Both Junior Firpo and Ilia Gruev have started the last two matches in all competitions, with …
