Thirty million-pound footballers are not often left on Leeds United’s bench, but Weston McKennie faces a real battle to start at the first opportunity this weekend. The Whites travel to the City Ground on Sunday for a 2pm date with Nottingham Forest.
It’s the first chance for the United support to see their shiniest new toy in the flesh, along with their slightly less shiny talents Max Wober and Georginio Rutter. While Victor Orta gets his feet up and admires the fruits of his January labours, it’s crunch time for Jesse Marsch.
Everyone has had February earmarked as a monumental month for a long time with bottom-half rivals sandwiching that four-day double-header with hated rivals Manchester United. McKennie told LeedsLive he was fit and ready to go on Monday night, but Jack Harrison, ironically the other big storyline at the end of the window, may be hard to pull out.
