{"id":4134,"date":"2021-12-29T18:00:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T23:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/29\/patrick-bamford-edges-closer-to-leeds-united-return\/"},"modified":"2021-12-29T18:00:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T23:00:48","slug":"patrick-bamford-edges-closer-to-leeds-united-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/29\/patrick-bamford-edges-closer-to-leeds-united-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Bamford edges closer to Leeds United return"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Return of Patrick Bamford edges closer<\/h2>\n<p>Leeds United and boss Marcelo Bielsa edge closer to receiving desperately-needed reinforcements at Elland Road as star striker Patrick Bamford continues to progress in his recovery while nearing a return to first-team duties.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This would be a huge boost ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lufc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lufc<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CGmMOiphBX\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/CGmMOiphBX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leeds United News (@LeedsUnitedYEP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeedsUnitedYEP\/status\/1476217251393060867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to injury analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenDinnery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Dinnery<\/a>, the England international himself updated the Leeds fanbase when speaking with the Yorkshire Evening Post;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cThe injury is coming along good. I should be doing drills [on Thursday] and then we\u2019ll see how close we are. It\u2019s touch and go for Burnley. I\u2019m feeling good. I\u2019ve hit every marker. It\u2019s very close.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With Bamford eluding to a return to first-team action as early as 2 January when Bielsa\u2019s men host Burnley at Elland Road, his inclusion, even on the bench, would offer a massive confidence boost to both players and fans alike in what has been a torrid season in Yorkshire.<\/p>\n<h2>Leeds on the cusp of a relegation scrap<\/h2>\n<p>The 2021-22 Premier League campaign has been a night and day scenario for Leeds United over a year removed from their return to the top flight of English football.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1577192\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1577192\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1577192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1344452539-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds star nearing return as Elland Road outfit continue to stumble in the Premier League\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1344452539-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1344452539-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1344452539-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1344452539-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1344452539-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1344452539-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1344452539-910x607.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1577192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LEEDS, ENGLAND \u2013 OCTOBER 02: Danny Rose of Watford FC is challenged by Raphinha of Leeds United during the Premier League match between Leeds United and Watford at Elland Road on October 02, 2021 in Leeds, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After a 2020-21 season that saw some scintillating football on offer at Elland Road and names like Patrick Bamford, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/leeds-fans-look-away-raphinha-will-leave-in-january-as-50-million-euro-deal-struck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raphinha<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/top-stories\/leeds-star-kalvin-phillips-ready-to-commit-future-to-elland-road-outfit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kalvin Phillips<\/a> up in lights in Yorkshire, Marcelo Bielsa\u2019s men have dealt with a myriad of injury issues that have ravaged the first-team camp made worse by the latest Covid outbreak across the league.<\/p>\n<p>At current, the Whites sit just five points clear of Burnley in 18th (who possess three matches in hand) and are seven points off true mid-table (10th) while banking just one win in their last six fixtures (1-2-3) which includes three losses in succession.<\/p>\n<p>It is a far cry from the progress and potential shown by Leeds just 12-months ago, and now with the likes of Raphinha and Phillips drawing attention from some of the biggest clubs both at home and abroad and club owner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leeds-live.co.uk\/sport\/leeds-united\/leeds-united-radrizzani-sell-players-22577968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andrea Radrizzani admitting Leeds may have to sell key assets<\/a> in the near future, a return to the Premier League may not be everything that one of the most loyal fanbases in England may have truly hoped for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Return of Patrick Bamford edges closer Leeds United and boss Marcelo Bielsa edge closer to receiving desperately-needed reinforcements at Elland Road as star striker Patrick Bamford continues to progress in his recovery while nearing a return to first-team duties. This would be a huge boost ? #lufc https:\/\/t.co\/CGmMOiphBX \u2014 Leeds United News (@LeedsUnitedYEP) December 29, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-4134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}