Marcelo Bielsa has named his starting XI for the Championship game against Rotherham on Saturday.

He is going to make two changes to the side, with Kiko Casilla coming in for Bailey Peacock-Farrell and Kalvin Phillips coming in for the suspended Pontus Jansson.

Bielsa was talking in the pre-match press conference ahead of the Championship game on Saturday.

Kiko Casilla is the first and only signing of the January window for Leeds so far.

Bielsa was quoted by Leeds Live journalist Beren Cross on his personal Twitter page.

Unchanged team for Saturday apart from Casilla and Phillips in for Jansson. #lufc https://t.co/kedRYA8veC — Beren Cross (@BerenCross) January 24, 2019

OPINION

So Bielsa continues to confound the Championship by giving out his starting XI for the Championship game against Rotherham. It didn’t work out that well against Stoke last week but Leeds will be looking for a big win against struggling Rotherham. Pontus Jansson will be a big loss and many fans were hoping that Aapo Halme would come in and that Phillips would move into defensive midfield. That’s not going to happen though and he will deputise for the talismanic defender. The exciting news is that Casilla will make his debut after playing for the Under-23s on Monday and this confirms that he will be the Leeds number one going forward. Bielsa said that is no reflection on Peacock-Farrell, who he said has the skills to be a starter in an ambitious side. That’s perhaps not the most glowing reference but maybe something got a bit lost in translation. Casilla is a huge signing for Leeds though and fans will be excited to see the former Real Madrid keeper lining up for them at the New York Stadium. What will Casilla make of his new surroundings, we wonder?