---
title: "Leeds: Joe Donnohue reacts to Mateusz Klich update"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/joe-donnohue-reacts-mateusz-klich-omitted-poland-world-cup-squad/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Leeds United News"
published: "2022-11-11T17:20:37Z"
modified: "2022-11-11T17:20:37Z"
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# Leeds: Joe Donnohue reacts to Mateusz Klich update

**[Yorkshire Evening Post](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/veteran-leeds-united-midfielder-suffers-world-cup-anguish-after-jesse-marsch-prediction-3913781) reporter [Joe Donnohue](https://twitter.com/joedonnohue/status/1590725518407700480?s=46&t=0_PM3XfVlC55URllH6mjPQ) has been reacting to an off-field update involving [Leeds United](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-news/) midfielder Mateusz Klich.**

### The Lowdown: Lack of minutes

Klich has fallen down the pecking order under Jesse Marsch this season and is [yet to make](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mateusz-klich/leistungsdaten/spieler/92738) a [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/) start. He netted [twice](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mateusz-klich/leistungsdaten/spieler/92738) in a Carabao Cup win over Barnsley, after which Danny Mills labelled the 32-year-old [‘different class’](https://www.leedsallover.com/different-class-danny-mills-heaps-praise-on-leeds-united-man-following-barnsley-win/), but has featured in only [188](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mateusz-klich/leistungsdaten/spieler/92738) minutes of league action.

The Poland international was [linked](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-news/leeds-united-mateusz-klich-transfer-news/) with a move away in the summer but remained in Yorkshire, looking to make the cut for the [World Cup](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/world-cup-2022/) in Qatar.

### The Latest: World Cup absence

Poland [confirmed](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63484107) their World Cup squad on Thursday afternoon, with Klich unfortunately not making the cut.

Donnohue [took to Twitter](https://twitter.com/joedonnohue/status/1590725518407700480?s=46&t=0_PM3XfVlC55URllH6mjPQ) to react to the news, describing it as a ‘bitter blow’ for the midfielder as he shared a corresponding article for [Yorkshire Evening Post](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/veteran-leeds-united-midfielder-suffers-world-cup-anguish-after-jesse-marsch-prediction-3913781).

The reporter tweeted: “Bitter blow for Mateusz Klich to miss out on the World Cup. No guarantee he’ll be in a position to make the squad in four years, depending on whether Poland qualify at all. Jesse Marsch felt his reduced role would still be sufficient for a call-up.”

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### The Verdict: Gutted

Klich put side before self at Elland Road by remaining in Yorkshire, providing Marsch with an experienced option from the bench.

However, his lack of game-time this season appears to have played a part in his exclusion from Poland’s squad.

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Everyone associated with the club will be gutted for Klich, who – as Donnohue mentions – may not be in a position to line out for his country at the 2026 World Cup (that’s if they qualify), by which time he will be 36.