Noah Okafor will miss Leeds United’s Premier League game against Tottenham on Monday night resulting from an injury.
The 25-year-old has been in superb form for Leeds in recent weeks, scoring six goals in his last seven Premier League appearances.
Nevertheless, Okafor was forced off early within the second half of Leeds’ 3-1 win at home to Burnley last Friday resulting from a calf problem.
Speaking on Friday, Leeds’ assistant manager Edmund Riemer, who took the pre-match press conference as Daniel Farke is affected by illness, confirmed that Okafor is ruled out for the team’s trip to Tottenham, in addition to their following Premier League game at home to Brighton on May 17.
Leeds are also without Gabriel Gudmundsson resulting from a hamstring injury, whilecentre-back Pascal Struijk took a knock in training this week and is a doubt for the sport against Spurs.
‘Because the manager mentioned last week, Gabi will likely be out for this week and we’ll assess him every day,’ Riemer said.
‘We’ve got one other one with Noah who picked up a calf strain so will miss the following two games. We’re hopeful he’ll be available for the last game. He sustained it after the the FA Cup game, in the appropriate calf. Within the Burnley game he pulled the left calf. He’ll likely be out the following two games.
‘Pascal just isn’t going to coach today with us, he got a hip contusion and can train individually but we hope he’ll be available.’
Leeds, who’re unbeaten of their last six Premier League games, sit 14th within the table with 43 points and will likely be protected from relegation on Sunday if Arsenal beat West Ham.
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