Leeds sweat over potential Luis Sinisterra injury - The Athletic 22/7/22

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By Phil Hay

Leeds United were dealt a blow on Friday as their new £20million summer signing Luis Sinisterra was withdrawn in the first half of their friendly against Crystal Palace with an apparent injury.

To add to Jesse Marsch’s concerns, midfielder Adam Forshaw also had to be substituted in the opening half.

Sinisterra, 23, was making his first start for the club since his transfer from Dutch club Feyenoord.

But the Colombia international only made it through the opening 11 minutes of the club’s pre-season match against Premier League rivals Crystal Palace at the Optus Stadium in Perth, Western Australia.

Sinisterra pulled up off the ball after a challenge on him and appeared to hold his hamstring as he was withdrawn.

The new signing was replaced by Rodrigo with the game still goalless.

Forshaw, 30, also departed in the same half.

Leeds will hope Sinisterra’s injury is not a serious one with the start of the Premier League season now only three weeks away.

Marsch said of the two injuries after the 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace: “Luis Sinisterra had a little hamstring injury. We're hopeful it's not too much, too long or too severe. Any time we have a hamstring injury I'm totally dissatisfied because I think it's reflective of everything we do physically. Adam Forshaw tweaked his knee. We're hopeful as well that that one's not so bad but we'll get more information in the next few days.”

Marsch’s pre-season plans have already been dealt a blow by Junior Firpo sustaining a hip injury in a friendly against Blackpool, which will rule him out for eight weeks.

Sinisterra was Leeds’ sixth signing of the summer following the arrivals of Tyler Adams, Marc Roca, Rasmus Kristensen, Brenden Aaronson and Darko Gyabi.

Sonny Perkins, meanwhile, signed for the club on a free transfer earlier this week.

There have also been a number of outgoings, with Kalvin Phillips departing for Manchester City for £42million and Raphinha moving to Barcelona for an undisclosed fee.

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