Daniel Farke should be fuming with the 49ers as latest Leeds injury issue emerges

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Leeds United have made a decent start to the Premier League season, with some impressive performances and results to back that up.

Since getting promoted, the aim for the Whites has been to stay in the division and to build upon the foundations for the future.

With eight points from the opening six Premier League games, those foundations are certainly there for Daniel Farke to push for a positive remainder of the campaign.

The main challenge facing him and Leeds will be keeping that up, as the games continue to come thick and fast.

Everyone will need to be fit and firing, which isn’t so easy when the schedule is quite so packed.

That is made even tougher when key stars go missing, with one Leeds ace now facing some injury uncertainty.

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Daniel James’ injury issue hands new problem to Leeds and Daniel Farke

If Leeds experience some of their injury issues piling up, it could significantly impact their ability to compete in the Premier League.

That problem could come sooner rather than later, as there are fresh concerns over Daniel James and his fitness.

Reports had emerged suggesting that the winger had picked up an ACL knock in training, which would see him out of action for a while.

Fortunately, that doesn’t appear to be the case, but he has seemingly got an ankle problem, and the extent of that injury isn’t clear.

James has been called up to the Wales squad for the upcoming October international break, but the manager, Craig Bellamy, claimed he didn’t know how bad the injury is.

He told the press: “That’s the first I’ve heard of a knee injury. He has an ankle problem.

“We’ll wait and see. Nothing has been confirmed yet, so if it’s good, brilliant, but if it isn’t, then we’ll adapt. We’re just waiting for confirmation. It’s still too early, so we’ll wait and see on that.”

James was an unused substitute in Leeds’ draw with Bournemouth over the weekend, but he could now face some time out.

If he is now out injured, perhaps Farke will be frustrated at the 49ers for the lack of activity in the forward ranks over the summer window.

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Daniel Farke must be fuming over summer transfer business as Leeds’ injury nightmare comes true

If James is out of action, then Farke’s nightmare over squad depth and competitiveness could be realised.

Leeds made some attacking additions over the summer window, signing Lukas Nmecha, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Noah Okafor.

There was a clear lack of comfortable wide options, however, with Largie Ramazani leaving on loan before deadline day.

The Whites pushed to sign Harry Wilson from Fulham late on, but a deal fell through.

The lack of those options could now bite back, which may make Farke furious as he now has to dig deeper into his squad for options.