Sky Sports man hints at early Leeds team news with possible surprise Marsch call

Pundit Paul Robinson has claimed that Joe Gelhardt could potentially start for Leeds in their first game under new manager Jesse Marsch tomorrow against Leicester City.

Joe Gelhardt has featured 10 times in the Premier League this season under former Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa, according to Transfermarkt, and could be set for another start tomorrow against Leicester.

Due to Patrick Bamford’s lengthy period on the sideline due to injury, Bielsa struggled to find a suitable forward replacement, which has been a key factor as they find themselves in a relegation scrap.

Paul Robinson has claimed that there could be a potential start for the 19-year old tomorrow under Jesse Marsch as hopes to turn things around at Elland Road.

“Marsch could potentially play Gelhardt.

“If he has been sounded out for this job then he will have watched the recent Leeds performances and will have his own ideas. But he’s working with the same group of players as what Marcelo Bielsa had.

“Patrick Bamford and Kalvin Phillips are not going to get fit overnight, neither is Liam Cooper, so his options are actually limited because the club didn’t go into the transfer market in January.

“Whether that’s the fault of the club because they didn’t have the finances to do that or whether that’s the fault of the manager because he didn’t want any more new players in the squad, we don’t know that.

“But whoever’s in charge, Bielsa or Marsch, they’re hugely hampered by the lack of players available. You can’t change that much.”

Paul Robinson told MOT Leeds News.

TIF Thoughts on Joe Geldhardt…

Joe Gelhardt has been an unused substitute in three of his last five games, so he may be one of the Leeds players to be happy to see a new manager come into the building as