Marcelo Bielsa names his Leeds United XI to face West Ham on Friday

Leeds United are preparing to face West Ham on Friday in the Premier League. Ahead of the game, Marcelo Bielsa gave a press conference and provided Leeds team news update and revealed how they will lineup against the Hammers, two days early. Diego Llorente suffered a new muscle injury against Chelsea and will miss the game, along with Robin Koch, who had surgery and could miss around three months. "Rodrigo Moreno is going to come in for Llorente and the 11 will be Meslier, Dallas, Ayling, Cooper, Alioski, Phillips, Klich, Moreno, Raphinha, Harrison, Bamford," he said. "He has a muscular problem," said Bielsa about Llorente. "We won't be able to count on him for at least two weeks but we will have to see how long it takes to cure. Perhaps it may last longer depending on his evolution - for sure at least two or three weeks we won't be able to count on him." "[Koch's] surgery went well, the length of his absence depends on the evolution but he's likely to be out for around three months," continued the Whites head coach. "Of course it's a shame to miss him for such a long period but during a season it's normal for injuries like this to happen to a team. "In the game against Aston Villa Ayling played a very good game at centre-half and in the game against Liverpool Pascal [Struijk] played as a centre-back and had a very good game. In the Championship Phillips also played there and adapted to this role. We're not thinking of the possibility of bringing another centre-back into the team. Apart from that we also expect to count on Berardi from February." "Shackleton and Pablo whilst they don't have the rhythm we would like, they are healthy and available," Bielsa added. source -  yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk / Join us on Telegram

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