Cardiff City boss Neil Harris has suggested that playing a friendly against Swansea City "is about as close as we could have got to playing Leeds", which has caused uproar among fans of the Yorkshire club. 

Leeds travel to the Welsh capital on Sunday as they get their promotion push back underway following a delay of more than three months.

Marcelo Bielsa's men are top of the Championship as things stand and will be hoping to hit the ground running to ensure they can secure automatic promotion over the next nine games.

It's not going to be an easy start for the Whites, however, as the Bluebirds have play-off aspirations of their own and a result against the league leaders would be the ideal start to their run-in.

Harris' side faced local rivals Swansea in a friendly to help both sides get some match practice in before the Championship gets back underway next weekend.

The Cardiff boss has suggested that their clash against the Swans was the best preparation that was realistically possible.

He told the Yorkshire Evening Post: "Playing Swansea is about as close as we could have got to playing Leeds.

"It was vital. Me and Steve spoke before the game.

"We know the intense rivalry, the importance of the rivalry and we know what it means to both clubs and both sets of supporters.

"But logistically we could only play Cheltenham, Swansea and Bristol City in friendlies.

"We have Bristol City coming up in a few weeks, so it left us with Cheltenham and Swansea."

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Harris' claim has caused quite a stir among the Elland Road faithful, with many Leeds fans taking to Twitter to voice their frustration.

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