Mills verdict on potential ‘huge problem’ as three more Leeds stars may join absentee list
Leeds United do not have a “huge disciplinary issue” despite Raphinha, Tyler Roberts and Diego Llorente all being one booking away from suspension, according to Danny Mills.
Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, the ex-Whites and England defender insisted accumulating yellow cards is an occupational hazard for the modern player.
Leeds will be without Junior Firpo for the visit of Arsenal after he picked up his fifth booking against Man City in midweek with four of his cautions coming in his last five games.
The cut-off for a suspension is 19 games in the Premier League so if Raphinha, Llorente and Roberts avoid a booking in the next two games they will not have to serve a one-match ban.
According to the Premier League website, Liam Cooper, Rodrigo and Jamie Shackleton are all one caution away from a ban but Marcelo Bielsa has already ruled them out of the game against Arsenal in his pre-game press conference today (16 December).
“It’s quite easy to get a yellow card in this day and age, let’s be honest,” Mills told Football Insider correspondent Connor Whitley.
“I used to get to five at Christmas quite easily and that’s when you used to get a proper yellow card.
“It’s a shirt pull, it’s a trip that you get a yellow card for in this day and age. If you want to be competitive then you’re going to pick them up.
“I don’t think it’s a huge disciplinary issue at all when you look at some of the bookings you get now.
“I don’t think it’s an issue at all.”
In other news, an injury expert has revealed a Leeds United star is ‘likely’ to be out for ‘four months’.