Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa has dropped an injury update concerning Pascal Struijk.

What's the latest?

Speaking in his pre-match press conference ahead of the Whites' trip to Manchester City on Tuesday evening, the 66-year-old Leeds manager revealed that, despite recovering from a hip injury, the 22-year-old missed the 3-2 defeat at Chelsea on Saturday with a fresh injury to his knee - something that will keep the former Netherlands youth international sidelined this evening.

On the current condition of Struijk, Bielsa said: "He's not going to be available. Pascal's injury is not very frequent. An explosive movement made two bones in his feet collide together.

"That does not generate an injury, nor an articulation or muscular. It has the effect of a knock on his bone. That generates pain. Until that pain disappears it's going to prevent him from playing. Sincerely, in my whole career, I have never seen an injury like that."

Fans will be terrified

Considering that Struijk is becoming an increasingly important player within Marcelo Bielsa's first-team squad at Elland Road, coupled with the fact that the Whites are currently in the midst of a rather severe injury crisis, the news that the defender will once again be out of action against the reigning Premier League champions on Tuesday night will undoubtedly terrify fans of the club.

Indeed, over his 12 league appearances so far this season, the £8.1m-rated man has made an average of 1.6 interceptions, 2.3 tackles, 1.4 clearances and has won 3.8 duels per game.

These returns have seen the centre-back average a SofaScore match rating of 6.79, ranking him as Bielsa's 14th-best performer in the top flight of English football.

As such, with fellow centre-backs Robin Koch and Liam Cooper also currently out of action due to injury, as well as defensive midfielder Kalvin Phillips, Bielsa has once again been left with very limited options in the heart of his defence for the trip to the Eithad, something that does not bode well whatsoever for Leeds' chances of getting anything out of the game.

In other news: Bielsa must now unleash "predatorial" £16.5k-p/w LUFC dynamo, he'd give Pep nightmares