{"id":427722,"date":"2025-09-16T01:57:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T01:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/427722\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T01:57:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T01:57:15","slug":"dan-james-fresh-injury-blow-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/427722\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan James fresh injury blow revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leeds United\u2019s<\/a> focus this weekend is on getting back to winning ways and against what looks to be a relegation rival in Wolves<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leeds\u2019 return to Premier League action brought a gutting last-minute defeat away at Fulham on Saturday, as Gabriel Gudmundsson\u2019s header diverted into his own goal deep in added time.<\/p>\n

Daniel Farke has little time to ponder what could have been at Craven Cottage, with focus now firmly on an early six-pointer away at Wolves.<\/p>\n

Most Read on LeedsAllOver<\/p>\n

Daniel Farke shares injury update for Leeds United\u2019s Dan James following Fulham loss<\/p>\n

A lot has been said about Leeds\u2019 attack so far, scoring just once in four games thanks to a controversial penalty against Everton in game one.<\/p>\n

It was the same story against Fulham with a strong defence and lack of killer instinct up top. Something which has to change this week at Molineux.<\/p>\n

Injury concerns pre-match for Joel Piroe and Lukas Nmecha weren\u2019t helped when substitute Dan James took a knock as well. Brought on in the 77th minute, James was then off 12 minutes later for Willy Gnonto.<\/p>\n

\"\"Daniel James now a new injury doubt for Leeds United ahead of the trip to Wolves (REUTERS\/Isabel Infantes)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plan was to use a bit more rested Daniel James on the counter with his pace to make things happen,\u201d Farke told the YEP<\/a> after full-time. \u201cUnlucky he got a hit into his body and we were forced to substitute him off. Very unlucky development and I hope it\u2019s not too bad. I hope it\u2019s nothing major so he\u2019s available pretty soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Premier Injuries\u2019 Ben Dinnery<\/a>, this setback for James sees him a 50% chance for the weekend against Wolves at Molineux.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, another week of recovery for Ao Tanaka will likely see him back up to speed. Meanwhile, Lucas Perri\u2019s two-game absence keeps him out on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Dan James injury update means Willy Gnonto surely starts this weekend<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s plenty of debate now about how Farke fixes this dry attacking setup<\/a>, with no open play goals so far.<\/p>\n

For me, Willy Gnonto borders on being a non-negotiable now<\/a> alongside Noah Okafor out wide and Dominic Calvert-Lewin up front.<\/p>\n

The goals will come if Leeds can get that front three settled together. Then, using players like James on the break could be devastating.<\/p>\n

Wolves is already something of a must-win.<\/p>\n

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United\u2019s focus this weekend is on getting back to winning ways and against what looks to be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,72047,1385,25764,393,4884,1860,2922,142361,142362,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-427722","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-dan-james","10":"tag-daniel-farke","11":"tag-elland-road","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-leeds","15":"tag-leeds-united","16":"tag-lufc","17":"tag-the-whites","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115211498201270518","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}