Phil Hay has been speaking on the latest edition of The Athletic’s The Phil Hay Show about all things relating to Leeds United.
One of the topics that he spent a bit of time on was the injury to Diego Llorente. The Spaniard lasted only 10 minutes against Newcastle United before he was withdrawn with a hamstring injury.
The 27-year-old has had a nightmare start to his time in England and has only featured for 91 minutes in the Premier League.
This latest setback led Hay to provide an injury update on Llorente with the Spaniard looking at a potential spell on the sidelines.
He said: “He went for a scan Wednesday morning and we’re still to hear exactly how he is. [Marcelo] Bielsa will tell us when his press conference comes round before Leicester.
“But you would think he’ll be looking at a number of weeks, if not a month, before he is able to return.”
Do you think Llorente will be out for a long time?
No, hopefully he will be back soon
Yes, he will probably be out for a while
TIF Thoughts on Diego Llorente’s injury…
The Spanish international has had no luck since he swapped La Liga for the Premier League in the last transfer window and hopefully, he isn’t out too long as he just hasn’t been available to show Whites fans what he can potentially do.
If Hay is right and the £18m-rated 27-year-old is out for a month, then that leaves Leeds with Liam Cooper, Pascal Struijk and Oliver Casey as fit natural centre-backs, while they also have several other players who can play there.
Luke Ayling has played there on ten occasions this season, so that is also an option for Marcelo Bielsa.
However, for now, we just hope that Llorente recovers quickly and isn’t out for too long.