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Danny Mills recommends Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa makes formation change

manager Marcelo Bielsa of Leeds United reaction during the Sky Bet Championship match between Brentford and Leeds United at Griffin Park on April 2...
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Danny Mills suggests Leeds move to play three at the back.

Leeds Manager Marcelo Bielsa instructs his team during the Sky Bet Championship match between Brentford and Leeds United at Griffin Park on April 22, 2019 in Brentford, England.

Leeds United’s left-back issue has no satisfactory solution.

Barry Douglas and Ezgjan Alioski are both out for the season, leaving winger Stuart Dallas and teenager Leif Davis as options heading into the play-offs.

Former Leeds left-back and Champions League semi-finalist Danny Mills suggests Leeds change formation to deal with it.

Mills told Off The Ball: “They’re still playing very, very high tempo. But they’ve got injury problems.

“They’ve got no left-back so that’s going to be a bit of a problem. They might have to switch to three at the back or change it round.

“But they’re still very, very fit and trying very, very hard.”

Danny Mills speaks during the FA Chairman's England Commission Press Conference at Wembley Stadium on May 8, 2014 in London, England.

Leeds could select three of Pontus Jansson, Gaetano Berardi, Liam Cooper and even Luke Ayling to play at centre-back.

That would give Dallas a wing-back role, which would allow him to get forward more.

Leeds have two more games left of the regular season, before the play-offs begin.

Their hopes of automatic promotion are over if Sheffield United win just one of their remaining two games.

Leeds United's Stuart Dallas gets away from Nottingham Forest's Jack Robinson at Elland Road on October 27, 2018 in Leeds, England.