Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa was up in front of the media earlier today to talk about his side’s trip to Manchester City.

But there was lots of media chat around the fitness of Kalvin Phillips, who has hamstring and shoulder issues.

“I can’t clarify anything on Kalvin at the moment,” said Bielsa.

“There is no news on whether he is going to be operated on. At the moment I have no precise news over his hamstring tendon or his shoulder.”

The Argentine went on to say that injuries to Pascal Struijk and Rodrigo were ones he had never seen before, with both issues stemming from colliding bones in the players’ foot and heel respectively.

“The injury Pascal has is unusual,” said Bielsa. “An explosive moment made two bones in his feet collide together and that doesn’t generate an injury but has the effect of a knock on his bone and that generates pain.

“Until that pain disappears it’s going to prevent him from playing. In my whole career I’ve never seen an injury like that.

“The same as Rodrigo’s injury, an injury in his heel, which only disappears if the pain disappears, which I also haven’t seen in many years. The specialists who treat it say there’s very few cases like this.”