Why Patrick Bamford may now have played his last game for Leeds United

As of right now, six Leeds players have been connected to January departures. Tottenham is reportedly interested in Pascal Strouijk, and Real Betis is leading the race as Junior Firpo’s group prepares to leave in the summer.Despite Daniel Farke’s prediction of a quiet window, Leeds may have a busy month off the field due to the necessity for one or two acquisitions and the possibility of certain players departing the team in the coming weeks.

Does this latest setback mean that Patrick Bamford’s Leeds career is over?

When Leeds traveled to Hull, Patrick Bamford was not there, despite coming off the bench against Blackburn. Farke announced during the game that the striker was out due to a hamstring injury. Although the exact duration of Bamford’s absence is unknown, his injury history suggests that it will be lengthier than that of other players. In the meantime, as Genoa and Wrexham make eye movements, Birmingham is being linked to an exit.

Joel Piroe and Mateo Joseph are ahead of Bamford, who is yet to start a league game for Leeds this season. In fact, Bamford has only had one game, which was the 3-0 Cup loss to Middlesbrough. Next weekend’s FA Cup matchup against local team Harrogate would have been his next and only realistic chance to start. But is that his final opportunity to start for Leeds, considering he might potentially miss that due to injury?

The majority of Leeds supporters would like to see Patrick Bamford sold this month.

It’s unlikely that Wrexham and Genoa are the only teams considering Bamford. But ask Leeds fans and the majority would argue that indeed, they would prefer to see Bamford sold or maybe sent on loan. Carlton Palmer pushed Leeds to sell Bamford this month and with the striker one of the club’s top wage earners, The 49ers would definitely like to see his pay packet removed from the wage bill in due course. Once more injured, Bamford is unlikely to start until the end of the season if he is deemed unfit for Harrogate, which is his final realistic chance to start. He may decide that he must leave in order to play.

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