Leeds United squad revealed for Millwall with one missing from FA Cup tie
Leeds United almost have a clean bill of health going into Saturday’s lunchtime FA Cup fourth round clash with Millwall.
United have had a number of injury setbacks to deal with this season, including significant ones to Ethan Ampadu, Illia Gruev and Junior Firpo. All have made impressive recoveries to feature ahead of time.
Daniel Farke has praised his medical staff for their work and will be pleased that he has an array of talent to select from against Championship rivals Millwall. The only absentee continues to be Patrick Bamford.
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The striker suffered a hamstring setback in January and is taking slightly longer than first forecast to make a full recovery. He has yet to rejoin team training but the manager is hopeful that day will not be too far away.
Speaking on Thursday at Thorp Arch, Farke confirmed: “Anyone available for training is in my thoughts. The only person not available is Patrick Bamford. All have a chance to be involved in this match.”
The likes of Isaac Scmidt and Josuha Guilavogui will be spying their second starts of the season, having made the starting XI for the first time since the 1-0 over Harrogate Town in the third round of the FA Cup. Rising youngsters James Debayo and Sam Chambers may also be hopeful of minutes.
Neither have played since making their first-team debuts against Plymouth Argyle back in November. Farke said he will rotate a bit more than usual for the game, which will have piqued the interests of the duo.
Largie Ramazani and Mateo Joseph may have also been interested to hear their manager’s words, with the pair failing to get into recent starting line-ups. Both could begin the match on Saturday.
Leeds United squad vs Millwall: Meslier, Darlow, Cairns, Struijk, Rodon, Wober, Firpo, Schmidt, Debayo, Bogle, Byram, Ampadu, Gruev, Guilavogui, Tanaka, Rothwell, Chambers, Aaronson, Solomon, Ramazani, Gnonto, James, Piroe, Joseph.