Leeds United kick off the new Premier League season with a home clash against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday. The Whites return for a third consecutive year of top-flight football with a squad that looks a whole lot different to the one that ended the 2021/22 campaign.
Despite the changes over the summer, though, Leeds look set to start the new season with a familiar issue on the left-hand side of defence. With Junior Firpo still injured and no signing yet the door, Pascal Struijk is likely to begin the season out of position at left-back.
While Struijk is able to do a job in that role, it is clearly a position he is not overly comfortably in and therefore Leeds’ early opponents could target that as a potential weak spot. With that in mind, here is a look at the sides Firpo is likely to miss matches against and the players who could look to take advantage of Leeds’ lack of left back.
