Here are the latest Leeds United headlines for Thursday, March 17.
Loanee continues to impress
It was to the annoyance of Marcelo Bielsa that Cody Drameh went on loan to Cardiff City in January. Leeds' manager at the time felt that Drameh would be best served by remaining at Leeds but the young full back was determined to move on loan to play regular senior football in the Championship.
This move appears to have been the right one for him as the former Fulham youngster has put together a string of excellent performances at right back, with another one coming in last night's match against Stoke City. Wales Online 's reporter was effusive in his praise for the Leeds loanee, giving him the star man and a rating of nine in his player ratings and saying:
"This lad is special, frightening, even. Was on it from minute one and caused Stoke all sorts of bother all night. Played a key part in Hugill's goal."
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Liam Cooper returns to training
Leeds Captain, Liam Cooper posted on his Instagram yesterday to share that he had returned to full training. The Scottish international added to his stories with the caption 'back with the troops'.
Cooper has been out of action since sustaining a hamstring injury in the first-half of the 2-2 draw with Brentford in December. This has kept him out of the last 14 Premier League matches and the Whites haven't managed a clean sheet in any of those. Whether Cooper will be considered ready to face Wolves on Friday is something that will likely be addressed in Jesse Marsch's pre-match press conference.
Leeds Q&A as Jean Kevin-Augustin case heard at CAS
Beren Cross, Leeds Live's Leeds United club writer, fielded several questions from fans yesterday and Leeds' legal dispute against RB Leipzig in the matter concerning Jean-Kevin Augustin was one of the topics featured. The case has now gone to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after Leeds lost the hearing at FIFA level and one fan asked whether Leeds could come to a settlement with Leipzig.
Beren replied: "I am sure the club have looked at every avenue with this dispute. It has been rumbling on since June 2020. They would have had all the conversations they needed with legal people to assess their options and how they tackle this. Clearly, they are backing themselves to get the result they want and firmly believe the terminology in the paperwork is in their favour. Time will tell if that approach has proved frugal or whether it's going to cost them millions on a player who managed 51 minutes for them on the field."
