Leif Davis' Leeds United challenge as he approaches crunch period under Jesse Marsch

The new Premier League season is approaching and it seems a number of places in Jesse Marsch’s starting XI for the Wolves opener are still up for grabs. Spots in attacking areas don’t seem to be nailed down just yet, with the likes of Jack Harrison, Rodrigo, Joe Gelhardt, Patrick Bamford, Luis Sinisterra and Crysencio Summerville amongst those pushing for a spot in the side.

Marsch may also have a decision to make when it comes to centre-midfield and centre-back as key men battle it out to make the team for the first weekend and beyond. However, one of the biggest questions the American faces in the build-up to the new campaign comes at left-back, with both Junior Firpo and Stuart Dallas occupying the treatment room at Thorp Arch.

Firpo has been ruled out for the next seven weeks, while Dallas is expected to miss a huge chunk of the campaign with a fractured femur. It means Marsch finds himself looking for full-back options and it appears as though Leif Davis is at the front of the queue at this moment in time.

Jack Harrison was preferred to Davis at left-back in the starting XI for the club’s first game of their pre-season tour of Australia against Brisbane Roar. It’s fair to say, though, that the winger looked uncomfortable in his defensive duties,

He was replaced by Davis at the interval in a scheduled change at the Cbus Super Stadium, but the 22-year-old’s impact was limited in a disjointed and lacklustre second half performance from the Whites against the A-League side. Marsch looked to him to start the club’s second outing Down Under against Aston Villa and he performed strongly in front of more than 40,000 fans at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

The youngster got forward well at times in the game and he managed