"Struggling to" - Philippe Clement's Leeds United FA Cup tie admission in Norwich City team news with 13 out

Boss Philippe Clement has made a frank Norwich City team news admission for Sunday’s fifth round FA Cup clash at Leeds United for which he has 13 players out.

Already with a whole host of players on the treatment table, Norwich were dealt another injury blow in the 2-0 victory at home to Sheffield Wednesday at the end of last month in which striker Mohamed Toure was forced off with a groin injury.

Toure is thought to be facing four to six weeks out and his injury blow came hot on the heels of another injury blow to another Norwich attacking player, 19-year-old Danish midfielder Oscar Schwartau suffering a hamstring injury in last month's fourth round FA Cup victory against West Brom and also looking at a number of weeks out.

The pair have joined a staggering list of players sidelined in addition to Matej Jurasek (foot), Jovon Makama (foot), Papa Amadou Diallo (quad), Harry Amass (hamstring), Mirko Topic (ACL), Ante Crnac (ACL), Jeffrey Schlupp (hamstring), Shane Duffy (hamstring), Lucien Mahovo (muscle), Forson Amankwah (hamstring) and Pelle Mattsson (ankle).

Anis Ben Slimane was also a doubt for last weekend’s clash at Leicester City due to groin problems but the Tunisia international midfielder made the bench and came off it to score the opening goal in a 2-0 victory.

One week later, Clement says his team’s injury situation remains much the same, admitting Norwich are struggling to get players to 90 minutes but still looking on the bright side with the likes of Amankwah and Mattsson at least nearing returns.

"Struggling to get players to 90 minutes”

"It's a little bit similar to last week, very positive,” said Clement, speaking at Saturday’s pre-match press conference and as quoted by Norwich City’s official website.

"Pelle (Mattson) has done two field training sessions with us but it's too early to put him in the squad, maybe on Wednesday we will see how he develops.

"The same players are available this week.

"There are several players heading in the right direction, it will take a little bit of time with Oscar (Schwartau) but he is running and Anis (Ben Slimane) feels better.

"Amankwah Forson needs to fight with others who have been playing, showing resilience.

"That's what you want and what they need to show in training; that they are better than others.

"Liam (Gibbs) has been doing well in that position also, Tony (Springett) did well and we have others who can play there.

"We are still struggling to get players to 90 minutes and with still 13 players out you also need to think about a potential extra 30 minutes this weekend."

Serving up more praise for Leeds and boss Daniel Farke - himself twice a promotion winner with Norwich - Clement said: “It's an interesting test where you have everything to win this game, we will have another point that we can measure like we had against Coventry and Middlesbrough, now it's a step-up.

"They've spent a lot of money to get an even better squad than they already had last season. They have high ambitions with the FA Cup as well.

"They're not only a team that focus on set-pieces, they're a high pressing team and they are very aggressive.

“They have a big squad and they're only missing one player”

"If they don't succeed, they fall back in a very compact block and wait for the transitions. They have a big squad and they're only missing one player for this fixture, so it's going to be a big big test.

"I was not here to see everything that (Daniel Farke) did, but clearly he got a lot of good results, going to the Premier League twice with the club which is a big achievement, those moments create something special.

"I'm very sure he will be respected a lot by our fans and he will respect the club also, like he has been in his interviews.

"It's normal because this is a very warm family club, if you don't feel at home here you have a problem with yourself."