Leeds United reveal star duo absence for Tottenham Hotspur clash and question mark over third starter

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The Leeds United team news for Monday night’s Premier League clash at relegation-battling rivals Tottenham Hotspur.

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Leeds United will be missing two star men on Monday night when they travel to face Spurs at Tottenham Stadium, and there is a question mark over a third.

Gabriel Gudmundsson will definitely miss the contest, along with his left-flank partner Noah Okafor.

Gudmundsson picked up a hamstring injury towards the end of the FA Cup semi-final and sat out the 3-1 win over Burnley at Elland Road.

According to Whites assistant manager Edmund Riemer, who took the pre-game press conference due with Daniel Farke suffering from illness, Gudmundsson will be joined on the sidelines by Okafor on Monday.

"As the manager mentioned last week, Gabi will be out for this week and we'll assess him on a daily basis," said Riemer.

“He'll likely be out the next two games”

"We've got another one with Noah who picked up a calf strain so will miss the next two games. We're hopeful he'll be available for the last game. He sustained it after the the FA Cup game, in the right calf. In the Burnley game he pulled the left calf. He'll likely be out the next two games."

There is another question mark for Leeds as they take on the relegation-threatened Spurs. Centre-back Pascal Struijk took a knock in training this week and was unable to join in with Friday's team training session.

"Pascal is not going to train today with us, he got a hip contusion and will train individually but we hope he'll be available," said Riemer.

Leeds sit on 43 points going into the weekend and could be rendered mathematically safe on Sunday if Arsenal beat West Ham United.