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title: "Leeds: Dan James suffers muscle injury"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Leeds United"
published: "2021-12-16T09:45:38Z"
modified: "2022-10-07T15:23:09Z"
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# Leeds: Dan James suffers muscle injury

**Leeds United winger Dan James suffered a muscle problem against Manchester City on Tuesday, [Mike McGrath](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/12/15/brittle-leeds-united-need-marcelo-bielsa-manager-think/?utm_content=football&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1639645481) reports.**

### The Lowdown: Injury woes

The Whites are [without](https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/29175/leeds-united-injury-update) a whole host of first-team players and have just [three](https://www.premierleague.com/tables) Premier League wins all season.

Patrick Bamford, Liam Cooper, Kalvin Phillips, Robin Koch, Rodrigo, Pascal Struijk all missed the 7-0 defeat to Manchester City on Tuesday, while Jamie Shackleton [hobbled](https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/man-city-vs-leeds-player-ratings-highlights-seven-goals-de-bruyne-foden-guardiola-1352707) off at the Etihad, and it seems as if James also now has a problem.

### The Latest: McGrath’s claim

The Telegraph shared a link to McGrath’s [story](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/12/15/brittle-leeds-united-need-marcelo-bielsa-manager-think/?utm_content=football&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1639645481) on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/TeleFootball/status/1471405916587278337) on Thursday morning.

They claim that James, who was replaced at half-time, suffered a muscle problem against Pep Guardiola’s side.

### The Verdict: Breaking point

Leeds could almost field a starting XI of absent players, with Shackleton and now James the latest to join the list.

The winger has been a [regular](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/daniel-james/leistungsdaten/spieler/319301) in Marcelo Bielsa’s side since joining from Manchester United, but it now seems as if he could miss the game against Arsenal on Saturday.

[Eight](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/spielbericht/index/spielbericht/3592060) of Leeds’ nine substitutes against City normally feature for the Under-23’s, so the current situation at Elland Road is reaching breaking point ahead of the second half of the season, meaning multiple January additions may well be seriously considered by the Whites.

***In other news: [Leeds now back in for summer target who is ‘like a beast’ – reliable journalist.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-transfer-rumours/leeds-whites-go-back-in-for-ben-brereton-diaz/)***