Leeds United’s recent progress has been encouraging under former Norwich City manager Daniel Farke; they have only lost one in their past five Championship games, a match against another recently relegated team, Southampton. This time, the Elland Road team’s form is at its most encouraging point in the entire season, so the international break coincides with a horrible time for them.

However, the break will at least give them a chance to bring their entire team back in the game, or as near to it as they can get. And one injury report has given Farke some much-needed encouragement before a busy period following the conclusion of the international football season.

What’s the latest Leeds United injury news?

Leeds’ problems have recently subsided a little, but with players like Stuart Dallas and Wilfried Gnonto out for the long term, they could use some good news from the medical staff, especially with games in the Championship coming thick and fast. Even if the top two are significantly separating themselves from the rest of the field, if Farke can get his team as close to full strength as possible, a promotion push won’t be out of the question.

According to the most recent Junior Firpo injury update from The Athletic’s Phil Hay, Leeds can expect to be ready to reactivate their full-back after the international break in time for their matchup with fellow play-off contenders Norwich City.

“Their abandoned bid for Bayer Leverkusen’s Nadiem Amiri in August was a hint that Farke would like more depth at No. 10,” wrote Hay for The Athletic, via Leeds All Over. “However, Firpo is due back after the international break and neither Djed Spence nor Willy Gnonto are a mile away from recovering from injuries.”

Firpo, who suffered an injury in preseason that kept him out until after the second international break of the year, has not yet played a single minute for the Yorkshire club this season.
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How much does Junior Firpo earn?

As he attempts to help his team return immediately to the Premier League, Firpo can now start to demonstrate why he is among the best paid employees at Elland Road.

“But what he’s done recently is… well, I believe that was his sixth straight game. And that’s excellent because I don’t believe he has yet done it for Leeds. And I believe he has been tremendous. He’s been excellent, in my opinion.

Firpo will now want to continue where he left off in order to establish himself as a regular player under new boss Farke. Leeds will have a key option if he can quickly recover from his injury and return to full strength.

To earn that salary, the full-back has undoubtedly performed admirably for Leeds, as Connor McGilligan noted on One Leeds Fan Channel: “We needed a left-back in January, and the reason we wanted a left-back was to replace Firpo, was to move [Pascal] Struijk out of that left-back position.