Last season, Patrick Bamford scored 17 Premier League goals, making an appearance in all 38 of Leeds United's league matches on their triumphant return to the top flight. The 28-year-old was instrumental in Leeds' top half finish, earning an England call-up last September following his stellar form. This season, Bamford will struggle to make 17 appearances throughout the entire campaign, due to a succession of injuries.
His latest ailment is a ruptured plantar fascia, an injury which has plagued him for 12 months, according to Leeds United's Head of Medicine and Performance Rob Price. It affects mobility, generating a sharp pain in the sole of the foot, but had been manageable for the majority of the past year until a partial tear developed into a full rupture against Wolverhampton Wanderers eleven days ago.
A club statement released on Sunday evening stated Bamford will spend a 'minimum of six weeks' on the sidelines as medical staff seek to put an end to the lingering issue: “As all sports medics know, injuries to the plantar fascia are notoriously difficult to manage, but all concerned are confident that he will make a full recovery from this injury in good time," Price said. “Patrick has been incredibly unlucky this year, his game time has been limited by different injuries including an ankle injury sustained at Newcastle and hamstring and quad injuries once back in training and matchday squads."
