Good Morning. It's Tuesday 1st October, and here are the latest headlines from Elland Road...
Ampadu out of action until New Year with LCL injuryEthan Ampadu will be out of actions until the New Year after tests showed the Leeds Utd skipper sustained a knee ligament injury in their 3-0 win against Coventry City. He limped off the pitch in obvious discomfort a few minutes before the half-time interval, placed by Japanese International AO Tanaka. Extensive tests revealed damage to his lateral collateral ligament (LCL). Surgery is not usually required for this type of injury unless other ligaments in the knee are also damaged. If he needs to undergo the surgeon's knife, it will be four months until he can resume training. After speaking to specialists, the Leeds Utd medical team will put together a rehab programme which should see Amps returning to light duties around Christmas time, and hopefully make a full return sometime in January. According to Daniel Farke...
It's a serious knee injury, he has damaged his lateral ligament - the doctors have recommended a conservative treatment so he doesn't need surgery," It's difficult to predict how long he will be out but it's realistic to speak about 10 weeks until he can return to team training.
It could be a few days more or less depending on the rehab. At the moment we expect him to be back in training at some point in December but he will need a bit of team training before he's available. "We expect him to be back [playing] at some point in January."
Maybe he's not faking it!Max Wober is to undergo meniscus surgery later today, to fix his troublesome knee injury that has kept him out of action since the 3-0 Caribou Cup clash against Middlesbrough in mid August. The meniscus is a “C” shaped, wedge like structure made of cartilage which sits between your tibia (shinbone) and your femur (thigh bone). It acts as a cushion to absorb shock and protect the surfaces of your knee joint.
Your knee contains a meniscus on the inner (medial) side and one on the outer (lateral) side. A torn meniscus is a common knee injury. Activities which cause you to forcefully twist or rotate your knee, especially when putting the pressure of your full weight on it can lead to a tear. The surgery only requires a few small incisions and takes about an hour, but will keep him out of action for another six weeks. The club should be seething. He was too injured to play for Leeds, but started for Austria in a Nations League game Slovenia last month where he further aggravated his tear.
Will Leeds regret not pursuing Hamer bid With 5 goals (and an assist) from all competitions so far, Gustavo Hamer has quickly established himself as one of the stand-out players in the Championship this season. The 27 year old was strongly linked with a move to West Yorkshire's finest during the latter parts of the Summer transfer window. Leeds had a £13m offer rejected, only for the Blades to come back, saying they wanted £18m.
This is where is gets a little hazy. Some say the Blades then raised the priced to £22m after Chris Wilder spat his dummy out, whilst others insist Leeds lost interest, and walked away. Nobody can complain about the incoming signings, they all seem to be settling in well, but with the players Leeds lost, should they have splashed out more on a game changer?
