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Marcelo Bielsa may have been worse off with the double blow to Leeds United.
Veteran club captain Liam Cooper and new 18 million-pound recruit Diego Llorente were injured on foreign break, representing Scotland and Spain, respectively.
That gives the Argentine coach a headache before Monday night’s stopover at Wolverhampton Wanderers, with Crying almost absent before a three-week break and Cooper in a position for an expired fitness test.
Another option in the back is definitely anything for Leeds, who is in the same position as last season, with new recruits Robin Koch and Llorente replacing Ben White, returning to parent club Brighton
During last season’s promotional campaign, there were considerations that Leeds was a bit friendly in the central defensive department, but fortunately they were insufficient, as White proved to be remarkably durable, betting each and every minute of the championship, while Berardi was rarely obliged to do so. advance on whether Cooper was ever marginalized.
But the situation is another one this year. Cooper is receiving more and more successes, having done so twice in so many other months with Scotland.
Llorente arrives on Elland Road after an injured season at the Royal Society, and suffering before even making his leeds debut can cause dismay at Thorp Arch’s offices.
There came Pascal Struijk, who inspired his deyet in the Premier League even though Leeds sent four goals to Liverpool, but only the third-high-level began his career and the first in the middle of the middle.
More evidence is needed before a final judgment can be made as to whether the 21-year-old Dutchman is in a position and plays at the highest level.
Cooper and Llorente’s withdrawals came days after the big move window closed, leaving Leeds unable to bring in replacements from the Premier League or overseas.
Victor Orta and his colleagues will no doubt follow football league players closely, as Leeds will be able to bring reinforcements from the back of the pyramid until Friday, October 16.
However, it is a dealer market at this point in the window, and championship clubs must rate a high-value label if they want to let in quality defenders right now.
Having already spent more than a hundred million pounds this summer, with more than 30 million pounds already in two world-class media centers, Leeds cannot save money on other defensive reinforcements.
Given the cases and limitations, Leeds deserves to be artistic and his other options. Loose agent Ezekiel Garay is the one that comes to mind.
The Rosario-born defender broke into Bielsa’s beloved Newell’s Old Boys in 2004 and is normal with Argentina while representing the Giants of European football: Real Madrid, Benfica, Zenit St. Petersburg and, more recently, Valencia.
A victim of Peter Lim’s fireplace in Mestalla this summer, his release has provoked the wrath of Valencian fans, having been a forged artist who has amassed more than a hundred appearances with the club in the more than 4 seasons.
He was a key asset as Marcellin took them to the first four in a row in 2018 and 2019, and a notable player in last summer’s Copa del Rey, helped chain fellow Rosarino Lionel Messi to a 2–1 victory. End.
There are also his greatest performances at the 2014 World Cup: a stone in the back for La Albiceleste, which granted only one purpose in 4 closed playouts, Mario Gotze’s purpose in extra time for Germany in the Maracaná final.
At just 34 years old, Garay would be a long-term option for Leeds, but getting him to reach an agreement in the short term would potentially make a lot of sense.
It would be a reliable presence if injuries required it, and if not, it would be an invaluable presence on the education floor: who better to help bring in other young people and instill Bielsa concepts than a Newell Academy graduate?