Leeds United are still training as normal this week after midfielder Kalvin Phillips was spotted arriving for duty on Monday morning.Despite the suspension of fixtures across English football, manager Marcelo Bielsa has demanded his players keep up their fitness regime and deems it is safer for them to do so in the confines of Thorp Arch rather than elsewhere.Other teams in the division like play-off hopefuls Bristol City have sent players home and cancelled training, but not the league leaders…
The Whites have a seven-point advantage to third-placed Fulham yet that’s not enough to stop Bielsa’s men from preparing for when – and if – the Championship resumes next month.
It is a brave call from the Argentina chief as he is effectively allowing the risk of his players getting infected by the virus that is sweeping the globe, but as they are on the verge of achieving something historic at Elland Road, it is also understandable.
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Leeds could return to the English top-flight for the first time since 2004, which would be fully deserved for their exploits this season.
Clearly, as Phillips’ wry smile shows the players are buying into the situation they find themselves in, a good trait to have when the title is on the line with only nine games of the season remaining.
And in other news,ÂPhil Hay update on Leeds situation at Thorp Arch…