Leeds United boss Jesse Marsch has moved to clarify his plans for summer recruit Wilfried Gnonto.

The Italy international was signed in the summer, and despite having been with the Elland Road club for over two months, has not played a Premier League game.

Gnonto was on the bench recently, taking the place of Joe Gelhardt in the pecking order on that front.

“Yeah, he played 45 for the 21s and we considered putting him on the roster here," Marsch stated during a press conference after their 3-2 loss to Fulham in the Premier League.

“Right now it's been a little bit him or Joffy and he comes in and makes a case for himself, but we really like Willy.

“He's also very young and then we've got we've got to figure out how to make the right decisions on line-ups and subs and everything. Again, I think the players are investing everything, I take responsibility."