Laughs over breakfast, heart-to-hearts in the gym, encouragement from the touchline or knocks on the head coach’s door. Leeds United’s sidelined leadership council still have a huge role to play in this decisive week.
Rodrigo is the only one of the seven leaders in the squad to have been available for all 11 of Jesse Marsch’s matches thus far. The other six have been in and out of the squad with injuries or suspensions, but three remain for the last dance on Sunday.
Patrick Bamford will hope to make it four, but Rodrigo, Liam Cooper and Kalvin Phillips are the last men standing. Luke Ayling is suspended while Stuart Dallas and Adam Forshaw are injured.
