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Marsch could unleash Leeds ace who ‘plays flawlessly’ for the first time in PL this season v Villa – TBR View
Leeds Unit𓆉ed return 🥂to Premier League action on Sunday when they host Aston Villa at Elland Road.
The Whites will hope to end a three-game winless streak and make amends fꦿor their 5-2 loss to Brentford last time out.
Leeds will take on a Villa side that beat Southampton 1-0 and drew 1-1 wit♚h Manchester City bef🌟ore the international break.
Jesse Marsch will have some thinking to do with regards to his options ⛎at centre-back.
Diego Llorente wasn’t particularly great against Brighton and Brentford, so ꧋his place in the Leeds starting XI could be unde♔r threat.
And Leeds captainﷺ Liam Cooper is fit once again, so there’s a good chance he could come in agai😼nst Villa.
The𝐆 Whites skipper endured a difficult summer following a freak Achilles injury he sustained in pre-seas༒on.
Cooper sat out of ༒all five of Leeds’ pre-season friendly games and missed out on a significant amount of training.
‘As close to 100 as I have seen him’
Marsဣch opted not to rush the 31-year-old back into action, and he’s yet to play in the league this term.
Cooper’s first appearance of the season came in the C🍌arabao Cup win over Barnsley in August.
Leeds then saw two league games postpon♔ed following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
However, Cooper still got mor⛦e minutes under his bel▨t ahead of the international break.
He played the full 90 minutes and scored ♒for Leeds Under-21s in their Premier League 2 win over Southampton’s U21s.
Now, ahead of Sunday’s meeting with Aston Villa at Elland Road, Marsch was 🐻able to provid🅠e good news on Cooper.
“We ♑have Coops, Luke, Junior all back,” quote Marsch 🌳as saying.
“Those guys featured when healthy almost every time last yea✤🐟r. All three a big boost to our team.
“I cannot make a wrong decision at RB. Luke 🌃did very well against Brentford.
“Tough decision, but both will be r🎀eady, Junior fitter an🅰d healthier, big boost.
“Coops as♉ close to 100 as I have seen him. Options there.”
‘The best I’ve ever seen’
Earlier this season, Marsch made clear ♏he’d be counting on Coo🐻per.
“Liam is going to play a big role in the team no matter wh💧at,” he told .
“I told Liam even before we put him on the pitch, he hadn’t trained much before this match💛 and he it was the same when he came back from his injury in the spring.
“And when he came back again the sec𝄹ond time after he picked up a little knee injury.
“Every time we put him on the pitch he plays ❀flawlessly almost.
“So in terms of a mentality and being a professiꦆonal and a leader, he’s the best I’ve ever seen.
“We will need♊ him. Trust me, he will be used and he will be needed.”
Witꦏh Leeds desperately in need of a victory, Coo𓄧per’s arrival comes at the perfect time.
The Ellanꦜd Road veteran is just the man needed to marshal the back four and replace the struggling Llorente.