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Noel Whelan has suggested that Leeds United defender Robin Koch suffered a dead leg against Chelsea and will miss West Ham’s visit on Friday.
Speaking exclusively to Football Insider Correspondent Dylan Childs, a former white forward and childhood Elland Road fan, asked Diego Llorente to claim Koch’s absence after he replaced the German at Stamford Bridge for his Leeds debut.
This site revealed last week that Koch had missed several days of training and was a big doubt for the Chelsea visit.
Marcelo Bielsa decided to start the 24-year-old, but he only lasted eight minutes before being replaced by Llorente.
The Argentine did not reveal the nature of the injury after the game and insisted that it was picked up during the game.
But Whelan has suggested that he will be out for more than a week with a dead leg.
“It’s a hit” he said Football Insider.
“But on the other hand, we have Llorente back, so when we lose one, we get another one. That is the problem at the moment.
“We did not expect to see Llorente start the game. There were questions about whether or not Koch would make it, but he was fit enough to play.
“It was Giroud’s first challenge that is physical in those areas. He received a blow from which he could not recover.
“We do not know the extent of the injury and how long it will be. They told me it was just a dead leg and he didn’t recover from it.
“If it’s just a dead leg, then you’re talking about a week and a bit. So I doubt he starts against West Ham on Friday night, that’s too early for him to recover.
“I hope I am not too far from challenging again. It gives Llorente the opportunity to claim a title ”.
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