Leeds United latest news: Injury blow as star withdraws from squad but international wins for pair

This international break seems to have gone on forever but Leeds United return to action in just four days.

The Whites kick off their next chunk of fixtures with a trip to Premier League champions Arsenal on Saturday lunchtime. Daniel Farke’s side will hope to catch the Gunners cold and certainly improve on last season’s 5-0 drubbing at the Emirates.

There is still international football to be played before that trip, but not for Jean-Matteo Bahoya. The summer arrival picked up an ankle injury during France U21s 3-2 win over Luxembourg last weekend and will not play against Switzerland this evening.

The French Football Confederation confirmed Bahoya’s withdrawal due to an ankle injury on Monday evening. He will now return to Thorp Arch for further assessment with clarity expected ahead of Saturday’s trip to the Emirates.

Gabriel Gudmundsson is also due back at Thorp Arch, but not prematurely. The defender played 54 minutes on Monday night as Sweden won 1-0 in Romania to remain top of their Nations League Group, with his removal not due to any obvious injury issue.

Sweden end the international break two points above Bosnia and Herzegovina, who also won 1-0 at home to Poland on Monday night. Centre-back Tarik Muharemovic played the full 90 minutes for an 11th consecutive game this season for club and country.

While Bahoya will not be in action today, a few of his Leeds teammates will look to get more minutes. Nico Elvedi’s Switzerland host North Macedonia while Ilia Gruev is likely to start for Bulgaria in Luxembourg, with Jaka Bijol’s Slovenia due in Scotland.

England are also in action tonight, at home to Croatia, but James Trafford isn’t expected to feature. Dominic Calvert-Lewin might hope for some minutes and an opportunity to score having watched last weekend’s 7-0 thrashing of Croatia from the bench.

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