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Joe Donnohue

Full Leeds United squad vs Norwich City as Jesse Marsch to make essential Patrick Bamford call

Leeds United face Norwich City this afternoon with a minimum of four first-team players ruled out.

Kalvin Phillips, Liam Cooper, Tyler Roberts and Junior Firpo will play no part in the fixture with the Canaries, due to injury.

Firpo and Roberts are the latest to join Phillips and Cooper in the treatment room, having picked up knee and hamstring issues, respectively, in the Whites' last two outings.

Roberts hobbled through the final ten minutes of Jesse Marsch's Leeds United managerial debut at Leicester City last weekend, while Firpo was stretchered off in the 3-0 defeat by Aston Villa during midweek.

Phillips and Cooper are in line for a comeback around the end of the month, but will not be named in the matchday squad today despite making progress in recent weeks.

Diego Llorente made a comeback to the squad on Thursday night but played no part in the loss against Steven Gerrard's side.

Encouragingly, Patrick Bamford appeared to come through a half-hour stint unscathed, having been introduced on the 60-minute mark at Elland Road.

Marsch was asked in his post-match press conference whether he would be tempted to bring Bamford in from the start against Norwich.

"We have to look at and observe how he is tomorrow and Saturday and then make a very educated decision, on what we think is best for him," the American said, keeping his cards close to his chest.

"I would say he's looked great this week, really well, and that we could be optimistic, but we also have to be intelligent," Marsch added on Bamford's situation.

The decision rests in Marsch's hands, but there is scarcely a more winnable fixture for Leeds, on paper at least, during their final 10-game run-in.

Expected Leeds United squad vs Norwich City: Illan Meslier, Kristoffer Klaesson, Jamie Shackleton, Luke Ayling, Robin Koch, Diego Llorente, Pascal Struijk, Charlie Cresswell, Stuart Dallas, Lewis Bate, Mateusz Klich, Adam Forshaw, Sam Greenwood, Daniel James, Jack Harrison, Crysencio Summerville, Rodrigo Moreno, Joe Gelhardt, Raphinha, Patrick Bamford

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