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title: "Leeds: Phil Hay provides Junior Firpo injury update"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Henry Jackson"
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published: "2022-03-11T17:05:00Z"
modified: "2022-03-11T17:05:00Z"
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# Leeds: Phil Hay provides Junior Firpo injury update

**Leeds United left-back Junior Firpo is set for a long spell on the sidelines after injuring his knee against Aston Villa, according to journalist Phil Hay.**

### The Lowdown: Firpo injured in defeat

The Whites were beaten 3-0 at home by Steven Gerrard’s men on Thursday evening, in what was a hugely disappointing first game at Elland Road for Jesse Marsch.

It was a result that leaves Leeds deeper in the relegation mire, with both Burnley and Everton having games in hands around them.

Firpo was injured late in the day against Villa, with a stretcher required for the 25-year-old, and now more bad news has been revealed as Hay shared the initial diagnosis.

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### The Latest: Hay gives negative update

Taking to [Twitter](https://twitter.com/PhilHay_/status/1502055218300821505?s=20&t=cv-79PAUAH4_fxUDaFaswg), the journalist claimed that Firpo picked up a bad knee injury and that a prolonged spell on the sidelines now awaits him, implying he will definitely miss Sunday’s clash with Norwich:

> “No precise diagnosis on Firpo yet but he’s injured his knee and Marsch’s thinks he’s probably looking at a lengthy spell out.”

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### The Verdict: Sums up his season

Firpo was having a poor night as it was, [not covering himself in glory](https://twitter.com/PhilHay_/status/1502028576572456970?s=20&t=cv-79PAUAH4_fxUDaFaswg) for Matty Cash’s goal, and his injury rather epitomises his first season as a Leeds player.

He has rarely convinced defensively, when fit, and his supposed attacking prowess has also been lacking, with [no goals and just one assist](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/351252/Show/Junior-Firpo) coming his way in 19 Premier League appearances.

The hope was that Firpo would be an upgrade on Ezgjan Alioski but that hasn’t proved to be the case – hopefully he returns from this lengthy absence a different player.

***In other news, a source has dropped a key Kalvin Phillips update. Read more [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-news/leeds-source-drops-kalvin-phillips-update/).***