Leeds United left-back Gabriel Gudmundsson has been confirmed to have picked up an injury on international duty this week.
The international break this week hopefully sees Daniel Farke get some of his key attackers back up to full fitness, having been unwilling to start Dan James or Willy Gnonto.
Also, Farke will be hoping that he gets his internationals back in the squad at top fitness ahead of a crucial set of fixtures that could decide his fate.
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Gabriel Gudmundsson revealed with ominous injury update on Sweden duty away from Leeds United
One of Leeds’ most consistent performers this season has been Gabriel Gudmundsson. You can see that despite the club’s poor form, there’s a very good Premier League left-back there for £10million.
He’s part of Sweden’s bid to qualify for the World Cup this week, needing to win both games to stand any chance of sneaking into the playoffs in March.
Gabriel Gudmundsson has been one of Leeds United’s best outlets at left-back this season. (Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers)
However, Sweden’s press officer Petra Thorén (via Fotboll Skanalen) has revealed that Gudmundsson has picked up an injury this week. Worryingly, it’s described as a “feeling”.
“Left-back Gabriel Gudmundsson misses training due to a feeling – a safety measure, announces press officer Petra Thorén,” the report reads.
“Gudmundsson was instead on the sidelines of the training session and took pictures with people who were there at the start of the training session.”
Leeds United can’t afford to lose Gabriel Gudmundsson at left-back
James Justin did admirably off the bench against West Ham, defending very well given the circumstances against Jarrod Bowen.
However, it’s clear that Leeds’ best left-back is Gudmundsson. And, he’s integral to our play if we want to turn this shocking run of form around.
Farke rightly copped a lot of criticism for taking him off when we were chasing the game at Forest. Gudmundsson’s driving run from in his own half right to the by-line was our only real moment of quality in the second half, and it’s exactly what we need.
As the report outlines, this injury is said to be a precaution for now. That hopefully means he probably won’t be risks for their game against Switzerland on Saturday.
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