{"id":507302,"date":"2025-10-17T17:10:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T17:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/507302\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T17:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T17:10:13","slug":"noah-okafor-suffers-injury-as-leeds-united-learn-sideline-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/507302\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah Okafor suffers injury as Leeds United learn sideline period"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leeds United have some injury concerns ahead of the trip to Turf Moor to face Burnley, with Fabrizio Romano confirming one player is definitely out.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leeds United<\/a> are nursing a few issues already following Daniel Farke\u2019s injury round-up for Burnley<\/a>. The forward areas have been particularly decimated by issues in the early parts of the season.<\/p>\n

Leeds\u2019 injury issues are mounting<\/a> and for players who have hit the ground running this season as well. Noah Okafor<\/a>\u00a0is one of the doubts for the weekend\u2019s game after his arrival from AC Milan this summer.<\/p>\n

Okafor\u2019s goal against Wolves helped break Leeds records<\/a>, joint with Anton Stach and Dominic Calvert-Lewin.\u00a0On top of that, he is building rhythm, with Okafor feeling bullish about Leeds<\/a>\u00a0and their chances of late.<\/p>\n

\"NoahPhoto by Ben Roberts \u2013 Danehouse\/Getty ImagesFabrizio Romano confirms length of Noah Okafor\u2019s Leeds injury<\/p>\n

His goals have been important, with Okafor\u2019s against Spurs almost ruled out<\/a>.\u00a0But that has not been the most impressive aspect of his game, with Okafor\u2019s dribbling breaking Premier League records<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s why news that he was a doubt for Saturday has been frustrating. Even more frustrating is the confirmation that he is out and how long the issue will keep him sidelined for.<\/p>\n

Fabrizio Romano has revealed the 25-year-old will be out for between seven and 10 days. It\u2019s even more of a blow given the way he plays and commits opposition players.<\/p>\n

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In fact,\u00a0Okafor has been one of European football\u2019s most impressive dribblers<\/a>\u00a0so far this season. Not only that, but Okafor is rubbing shoulders with Jack Grealish<\/a> for his dynamic and explosive ability when carrying the ball.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s fair to say\u00a0Calvert-Lewin and Okafor have a partnership forming<\/a>\u00a0and an understanding building as two of the most crucial components of Leeds\u2019 front three. Losing that means Farke will have to rethink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United have some injury concerns ahead of the trip to Turf Moor to face Burnley, with Fabrizio…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,20110,4884,1860,121657,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-507302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-fabrizio-romano","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-noah-okafor","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115390619723694472","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507302","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=507302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}