Leeds United player discusses injury blow suffered on loan

A Leeds United defender has revealed he has suffered a serious hamstring injury that has hampered his attempts to make an impact during his latest loan spell.

Over two and a half years have passed since the Whites completed a reported £10 million deal to sign Austrian international Max Wober from RB Salzburg and he went on to make 16 appearances in what were the final months of an unsuccessful bid to avoid relegation from the Premier League.

Wober has secured a loan move to Bundesliga club Borussia Monchengladbach by the time the Whites kicked off their Championship season just months later - but he returned to Elland Road last summer and made just eight appearances last season as a knee injury limited his involvement in a successful push for promotion back into the top flight.

There was some expectation the 27-year-old could form part of the Leeds squad that returned to the Premier League this season - but he opted to return to Germany for a second loan spell after agreeing to a season-long stint at Werder Bremen. Wober made his debut in a surprise 1-0 defeat in a DFB-Pokal (German Cup) tie at Armenia Bielefeld in August - but that remains his only appearance of the season after he confirmed he had suffered a hamstring injury that has left him around a month away from a full recovery.

He told Sky Germany: "The whole thing happened a week-and-a-half before the cup match in Bielefeld. I got a hamstring injury. It caused a structural injury to the muscle. The muscle tore little by little. I didn't really notice it during the game. The next morning, however, came with a major shock - I woke up with a huge lump in my thigh. Shortly afterward, I was diagnosed with a torn muscle and a torn muscle bundle.

“Since then, I've been fighting to get back as quickly as possible. Now it's all about the muscle growing back, then I can fully tackle rehab. Everything has healed now, but there are still a few millimetres missing before the muscle is fully regenerated. As soon as that happens, I hope to get back to running quickly and be able to return to team training soon."

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