Daniel Farke faces the media today in his Ipswich Town pre-match press conference with Leeds United and here are some of the topics he may be faced with at Thorp Arch.
Daniel Farke faces the media on Thursday afternoon for his pre-match press conference. The Leeds United manager will take questions from television, radio, print and online journalists at Thorp Arch ahead of the Ipswich Town clash on Saturday.
Here is a run-down of some of the main topics on the agenda for the boss to address at the training ground today.
As ever, Farke is likely to be asked about the latest situation in the medical department. Tyler Adams’s weekend departure lightens the load in the treatment room to some degree, but there are still eight names that were missing from last week’s draw.
Junior Firpo, Liam Cooper, Patrick Bamford, Stuart Dallas and Mateo Joseph have long been seen as options for the other side of the international break. However, Crysencio Summerville, Ian Poveda and Leo Hjelde could still make it back before we break up after the Sheffield Wednesday fixture.
Bournemouth finally got their American over the line at the weekend. There had been some wrangling and speculation about how they came to get the deal done, however.
It had been understood the club’s relegation release clauses had expired before the Cherries could find the formula to trigger Adams’s option. However, the story rumbled on and the deal ultimately got done.
Farke is bound to be asked about the circumstances around it.
Earlier this week, it was reported Wilfried Gnonto had returned to first-team training with Farke’s group. The German will be asked about what has gone on behind the scenes with the Italian and what the future may hold if he has indeed been brought in from the cold.
While the talk of Gnonto’s return has grown legs, Luis Sinisterra has still, as far as we know, been training with Helder Costa, away from the main group. The Colombian was not asked about after Friday’s clash with West Bromwich Albion, so it’s fair to assume we are due an update from the manager today.
Transfers
We have eight days to go until the transfer window closes and United have been left on four new arrivals for the past fortnight. Farke will, inevitably, be pushed for a position on where the club is at as the final week approaches.
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Leeds United’s pursuit of Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder Facundo Buonanotte looks as though it has been dealt a major blow.
In a statement released by the Paraguay FA, via journalist Roberto Rojas, Julio Enciso has picked up a knee injury in training with Brighton.
Though the extent of the damage is yet to be fully determined, there have been suggestions via Rojas that Enciso has suffered a possible meniscus tear.
That will almost certainly keep him out until way past the deadline, leaving Brighton a body short in that position just behind the striker.
There had been a concrete possibility of Brighton allowing Buonanotte to leave on loan in order to receive regular game time, but Enciso’s injury may put an end to that.
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According to Argentinian journalist Victor Bilsky, as per the Yorkshire Evening Post, Leeds were in talks over a potential season-long-loan deal.
Buonanotte had broken into Brighton’s first team following his January arrival from Rosario Central but the arrival of Joao Pedro from Watford has meant he has not played a single minute this season.
Enciso, Pedro and Solly March are all ahead of him in the pecking order for that spot either on the right, or as a number 10.
However, with Enciso now set to be out for a sustained period of time, they can ill afford to lose Buonanotte, particularly with European football on the horizon.
This now feels like a deal that just won’t happen and Leeds will have to turn their attention elsewhere.
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