Leeds United take on Villarreal at Elland Road on Saturday in the club’s penultimate pre-season friendly - and this is how we think the Whites will line up.
The fixture will mark just a second Leeds friendly of the summer in front of fans and a first on home soil upon the team’s return from their Germany training camp.
Daniel Farke’s Whites began their pre-season friendlies with a goalless draw against Manchester United in Stockholm before flying out to Germany where they took in two behind-closed-doors games.
Both of them produced Leeds victories, Farke’s side recording a 4-1 victory against third tier hosts SC Verl and then a 3-2 success against second tier hosts SC Paderborn last Saturday afternoon.
One week later, the Whites will be back in front of their own fans with a hard test against a Villarreal side who finished last season’s La Liga campaign in fifth place - qualifying for the Champions League.
The game falls just two weeks before the start of the season itself and the contest is the penultimate friendly, one week before Farke’s Whites take on AC Milan in Dublin.
For many, Saturday afternoon’s 3pm kick-off will be their only glimpse of the Whites this summer and this is the new look team that we think will line up.
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7. CM: Anton Stach
Another new signing, a big one in more ways than one at six-foot-four. The £17.4m new recruit from Hoffenheim is a German international who surely makes the XI and a start alongside Ampadu as one of the two deeper centre midfielders looks likely against Villarreal. | LUFC
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8. CM: Sean Longstaff
The third midfielder is a hard call with Farke using a 4-3-3 in pre-season. That said, it wouldn't be a huge surprise to see a 4-2-3-1 come back at home, perhaps with Brenden Aaronson getting a first start of the summer in the no 10 role after his late return. But a 4-3-3 appears the one and £12m new signing Longstaff might just edge out Ao Tanaka as the third midfielder although Ilia Gruev remains a very live option too. The fifth new face to start. | Getty Images
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9. RW: Dan James
The club's player of the year has had a pretty quiet pre-season so far but appears very much first choice winger and a chance to shine in front of home fans seems likely against Villarreal. | Getty Images
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10. LW: Jack Harrison
A big call but one you could see happening based on the very prominent role Harrison in pre-season so far following his return from two seasons on loan at Everton as United battled away in the second tier. If Harrison is to stay then Farke will likely be keen to get the winger's reintroduction sorted as quickly as possible and Saturday's friendly might present a start, not that all fans will agree with that. Wily Gnonto the obvious alternative, or Largie Ramazani. | Getty Images
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11. ST: Joel Piroe
Another hard call between Piroe and new signing Lukas Nmecha as to who starts upfront and it's far from possible that both start with Piroe playing as a no 10. But Piroe was last season's top scorer and indeed Championship Golden Boot winner so likely remains first choice striker at this moment in time. | Getty Images

