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Marcelo Bielsa responds when asked if Gaetano Berardi will start for Leeds United against Sheffield Wednesday

Leeds Manager Marcelo Bielsa looks on prior to the Sky Bet Championship between Reading and Leeds United at the Madejski Stadium on March 12, 2019 ...
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Leeds United are due to take on Sheffield Wednesday tomorrow.

9th April 2019, Deepdale, Preston, England; EFL Championship football, Preston North End versus Leeds United; Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa before the game

Marcelo Bielsa has told Leeds Live that Gaetano Berardi will remain on Leeds United’s substitutes’ bench.

Leeds have almost a fully fit squad to choose from this weekend against Sheffield Wednesday, which has been a rarity this term.

Berardi is one of the players who is now back to full health, after a lengthy lay off with injury.

But it seems that Berardi won’t be given a chance to start for Leeds at the weekend.

Bielsa, instead, wants to name an unchanged line-up from the team which won against Preston North End in midweek.

“We are going to play with the same players. I don’t imagine any changes at the moment,” Bielsa said, when asked whether he’d pick Berardi tomorrow.

Gaetano Berardi of Leeds United stretches for the ball during the Emirates FA Cup Third Round match between Cambridge United and Leeds United at Cambs Glass Stadium on January 9, 2017 in...

Leeds won 2-0 against Preston on Tuesday, with Berardi coming on as a substitute in that match.

The Whites’ victory at Deepdale was huge for their promotion hopes, as the three points have pushed Bielsa’s men back into the top two.

Leeds’ destiny is now in their own hands, and if they can win all of their remaining fixtures then they will be a Premier League club again for the first time since 2004.

Leeds United's Gaetano Berardi during the pre-match warm-up during the Sky Bet Championship match between  City and Leeds United at Liberty Stadium on August 21, 2018 in Swansea, Wales.