Adaptation has been the key to Junior Firpo’s steady Leeds United rise in recent weeks. Not only from going backwards at Barcelona to 100mph in the Premier League, but with his diet and the ruthless cycle of give and take in professional football.
The left-back is in the midst of his best run of form in Leeds colours since arriving from Camp Nou in July 2021. Injuries, errors and yellow cards set the bar low for his second campaign with the Whites, but Firpo has proved to be one of the silver linings in a recent United run which has struggled to deliver points.
Opportunity did not knock in the league for Firpo this season until mid-February when Pascal Struijk sat out Manchester United’s Elland Road visit with a concussion. It was a long wait for a run of starts, but he’s taken his chance with both hands.
