Here are your latest Leeds United evening headlines for Saturday, January 7.
Kalvin Phillips tells Man City teammates to 'watch out' for Leeds youngster
Kalvin Phillips warned his Manchester City teammates in the pre-match warm-up to 'watch out' for Sam Greenwood's set piece deliveries, according to Football Insider.
Greenwood showcased his expertise from dead ball situations during his youth career at Arsenal, and later Leeds, and has started to assume set piece responsibilities for the first team.
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The 20-year-old has enjoyed a breakthrough season at Leeds, after making a handful of appearances for the Whites last term. Greenwood registered an assist when his corner was headed beyond Man City goalkeeper Ederson by Pascal Struijk in the 74th minute.
Man City eventually ran out 3-1 winners at Elland Road on December 28, while Phillips wasn't brought off the bench by Pep Guardiola. Greenwood has amassed eight appearances in the Premier League this term - notching one goal and two assists.
Leeds United 'open talks' claim as Georginio Rutter linked with £30m transfer
Leeds United have been linked with French striker Georginio Rutter for the best part of a year now, with the player one of those on Leeds' watchlist according to plenty of speculation. Now that speculation has become something much more concrete in Germany, at least.
The Whites are reportedly keen to land the 20-year-old from Bundesliga side Hoffenheim in January, not in the summer as many would have expected when hearing of the link, given Leeds' recent record of January spending.
The Whites made their first signing earlier this week when they completed a deal for Austrian defender Maximilian Wober from Red Bull Salzburg. And now reports have emerged linking them to Rutter in what would be a huge investment.
Predicted Leeds United line-up vs Cardiff City with nine changes in the offing
Sunday’s trip to Cardiff City will be Leeds United’s fourth match in 12 days. Given it’s a cup fixture and Jesse Marsch has a recent history of rotating players across intense periods, we can be sure changes are coming,
The elephant in the room is who’s fit and who isn’t. The head coach would not name names when he mentioned a large number of players were carrying knocks before the match.
Given we have no idea who he’s talking about, we’ll have to treat everyone as available beyond Adam Forshaw, Patrick Bamford, Stuart Dallas and Luis Sinisterra. Illan Meslier was taken out of the EFL Cup trip to Molineux and given he was suffering with glandular fever on the other side of Christmas, this could be a chance for Marsch to rest him.
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