Leeds United have suffered a fresh double injury blow.
Liam Cooper and Kalvin Phillips both face being sidelined until March.
Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa has revealed captain Cooper and Phillips are not expected to return from their respective hamstring injuries until March.
The manager said today: "We have been recovering players, even if Phillips and Cooper will return in March.
"And even if (Jamie) Shackleton and (Charlie) Cresswell come back towards the end of January or early February, the amount of players we have is increasing.
"We will see whether during January an alternative comes up which we may take advantage of."
When later quizzed on whether Cooper and Phillips returning in March was a worst-case scenario, Bielsa replied: "No, that is what we expect."
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