Michael Skubala has hinted that Leeds United could be without four first-team players for Sunday's visit of Manchester United.
The West Yorkshire outfit welcome United to Elland Road for a second meeting in four days, following Wednesday's thrilling 2-2 draw at Old Trafford. Erik ten Hag's side were pegged back by a two-goal deficit before goals from Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho levelled the score to extend the Reds' unbeaten home league run.
Skubala, in temporary charge while Leeds search for a new manager, was forced into two early changes in midweek. Luis Sinisterra was forced off after just eight minutes with what looked to be a muscular problem, swiftly followed by Pascal Struijk after the defender took a fierce Rashford shot to the face.
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And speaking on Friday afternoon ahead of his second game in charge, Skubala provided an update on the pair as well as previously absent duo Liam Cooper and Marc Roca.
"Long-term injuries are progressing well," he said. "They're the same. Pascal got concussion, so the medical team are following the concussion protocols and he'll miss the game Sunday, which is the right decision.
"Liam and Marc we’re still assessing, and we'll see if we can get them involved on Sunday, so that's taking a bit of time. Luis’ is a slightly different injury. We think he'll be okay, but we're still going to assess whether it's too early for him for Sunday.
"I think in such a busy week, most of the individual coaching is conversations with the players around video and around clips and around the slight tactical changes that we might want. We’ve had good meetings with all the players and good meetings with all the leadership group and it's been brilliant.
"It's all about the players and how we might get them into a place to be formed. So I think coaching is we create players and not robots, and I want them to be players."
Erik ten Hag is not short of his own injury problems, having confirmed that Scott McTominay, Anthony Martial and Antony remain sidelined for the weekend's trip across the Pennines. The injured trio will join Christian Eriksen in watching from the stands, while Casemiro will serve the second of his three-game suspension.
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