Having played The Canaries four times last season, Norwich’s trip to Elland Road marks Daniel Farke’s sixth meeting with his former team. Twice during the regular Championship season and twice during the postseason.
Following their 3-0 victory on Sunday, Leeds is comfortably atop the Championship, and Chris Waddle believes they will place in the top two. Nevertheless, there are still 19 games to play in order to advance.
Farke will already be missing Patrick Bamford and Pascal Struijk when Norwich takes on him next. Struijk is sidelined until February, while Bamford is scheduled to return at the end of the month. Two additional players may now join them.
Daniel Farke says if Brenden Aaronson is okay to face Norwich
In his post-match Sheffield Wednesday comments, Farke confirmed Aaronson had picked up an ankle knock. However, he lasted until the 90th minute before the USA star was replaced by Josuha Guilavogui.
Speaking on Monday, Farke gave a further update. He said the £25m man’s ankle is not too bad but it will be a late decision if Aaronson can be a part of the squad that face Norwich on Wednesday at Elland Road.
“It looked okay today. He got a hit against his ankle. It will be a late call with him. Nothing major so far to confirm, but a late decision if he is available or not. Carefully optimistic, but it still will be a late decision.”
Daniel Farke less confident with Manor Solomon’s hamstring
Like Aaronson, Solomon played the majority of Sunday’s win. He scored Leeds’ first goal before coming off on 83 minutes and since then, the Israel star has been complaining about his hamstring on Monday.
Farke revealed again that Solomon is a doubt to take on Norwich on Wednesday night, a team who were beaten by Leeds’ promotion rivals Sheffield United on Saturday. Farke says Solomon is a 50-50 option.
He was undoubtedly complaining of hamstring issues at the conclusion of the game. I need to give him a closer look because I’m not sure if he’s available. We will find out on Wednesday morning, but he is 50/50.
Even if Aaronson is just 80% healthy, Farke is likely to start the USA star because Leeds don’t have a backup to take his place. Largie Ramazani’s performance may allow him to rest Solomon, despite the fact that he has started the last 25 league games.
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