Illness has complicated the return of Djed Spence to the Leeds United line-up and necessitated a cautious approach from Daniel Farke and his staff.
The Tottenham Hotspur right-back came on loan to Elland Road on August 30, by which time Leeds had played six competitive games. A lack of match action with Spurs in pre-season meant the 23-year-old was due to be eased into Farke's team but after an impressive 10-minute substitute cameo on on September 2 he picked up an international break training injury. The knee ligament problem did not require surgery and Leeds' initial hope was that Spence would return to play inside eight weeks.
We need to make sure we don't do anything stupid, that we go for the more conservative choice and make sure that he is back in team training at some point during the international break and due to this illness we went back to this more conservative plan and I definitely think this is right.' The knee problem has robbed Farke of an exciting addition to the options he has for the full-back positions.
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