Following his team’s 2-2 draw with Cardiff City, Leeds captain Liam Cooper sustained a foot injury that might keep him out for up to eight weeks.
After 53 minutes, the 31-year-old center back was stretchered off after scoring the game’s first goal at Elland Road.
Since then, it has been determined that Cooper sustained a ruptured plantar fascia, which is the tendon that joins the heel bone to the toes.
Cooper played in 18 games for Leeds in the previous campaign, tallying one goal.
Due to a groin issue, Crysencio Summerville—who scored a late equalizer against the Bluebirds—will be out for up to three weeks.
Junior Firpo, a defender for Leeds, will be out for at least another four weeks as a result.Testimonials used to be a regular feature of Leeds United’s schedule.
Different times brought different mindsets, and throughout the 1960s and 1970s, when Don Revie was manager at Elland Road, rival clubs were unable to select players directly from his locker room.
The greatest Leeds players were loyal to him, and Revie was loyal to them as well; in fact, they occasionally signed blank contracts as part of contract renewals. Later on, Revie would provide more information. He was trusted by the team to see them right and provide the agreed-upon payment. A decade or more on the books was standard operating procedure for the best of them.
However, football gradually changed into the sport it is today, with fewer pros staying put for extended periods of time, as the transfer market gained traction.
Leeds has only given out two testimonials since the turn of the century: one to Gary Kelly in 2002 and another to Lucas Radebe three years later. These casual gatherings, which were formerly comparable to benefit games for football players toward the conclusion of their careers, are becoming less popular, mostly due to the shorter service terms. However, Liam Cooper broke with the norm and is currently approaching his tenth year at Leeds.
Since he was a signing, which almost did not happen, Cooper has been a survivor at Elland Road.
A failed attempt to sign the defender in the first week of August 2014 from Chesterfield brought the deal dangerously close to collapse before Leeds lost their season opener at Millwall. They weren’t prepared to pay the £600,000 that he was asking before the game, but Leeds owner Massimo Cellino was adequately put out of his misery by the team’s 2-0 loss in London. Within 48 hours, a greater offer was made, and Chesterfield