Daniel Farke will be ramping up preparations for Friday’s match at Vicarage Road against Watford as the international break draws to a close. Naturally, the time spent at Thorp Arch before the Easter weekend will be minimal for players who have been playing for their country, but Leeds United will still go into the double header with Hull City on Monday believing they can maintain their top spot.

We examine some of the prominent headlines doing the rounds today as attention returns to the Championship promotion race.

Stuart Dallas’s current contract is slated to expire this summer, therefore Leeds United is unlikely to extend it, according to a Tuesday night report from the YEP. Dallas suffered a femur fracture during a Premier League matchup with Manchester City, and he hasn’t played for Leeds in nearly two years.

Nevertheless, the Elland Road contract of the Northern Irishman expires at the end of the current campaign, and the club must make an extremely difficult decision. Dallas is still a fan favourite at Elland Road, therefore the club would have a very difficult time deciding whether to let him go.

Leicester’s ‘big’ punishment predicted

According to sports financial expert Kieran McGuire, Leicester City might suffer a large points loss for “endangering” the Premier League. The EFLHide Ad has placed a transfer embargo on the Foxes in addition to charging them for allegedly breaking the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules.

The club has filed lawsuits against both bodies, but McGuire thinks that if the club is punished for not submitting its inaugural accounts on time, it will be to their detriment.

McGuire told Football Insider, “Leicester City has now been charged by a somewhat angry Premier League and they have tried to argue that they’re not a Premier League club.”

“Given that the Premier League accused them of failing to submit their accounts by the deadline, it may result in a significant deduction of points.” Although an EFL statement stated otherwise, Leicester maintains that they belong in the league. We might be working in some grey area here because it’s possible that they were neither.Declarative