Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United will face Sheffield United in the Championship this afternoon.
Winger Alioski, 26, and 23-year-old midfielder Baker – signed on loan from Premier League club Chelsea in the summer transfer window – featured for Leeds in their Championship match against Reading at Elland Road on Tuesday evening.
Both the players started the match, which ended in a 1-0 home win, but Leeds head coach Bielsa substituted both of them at the start of the second half.
Former Leeds striker Whelan believes that Bielsa will not include Macedonia international winger Alioski – who joined the Whites from Lugano in the summer of 2017 for a transfer fee reported by The Yorkshire Evening Post to be worth £2 million – or Baker – who earns £20,000 per week as salary, according to Spotrac.com, with Sweden international defender Pontus Jansson fit and available.
Whelan said on BBC Radio Leeds: “I think you have got to go with Baker, haven’t you? Baker will come out. Possibly I think Alioski may come out as well, just on form.”
Leeds are second in the Championship table at the moment with 36 points from 19 matches, just a point behind leaders Norwich City.
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