Leeds United fans just cannot believe their luck at the moment as Luke Ayling is the latest player to be struck down with an injury ahead of the upcoming campaign.
Luke Ayling has had surgery on an ankle problem. No exact timescale for comeback yet but not expected to be long-term. #lufc
— Phil Hay (@PhilHay_) July 26, 2019
Former Yorkshire Evening Post journalist Phil Hay revealed on Twitter that the right-back had required surgery on an ankle problem he was dealing with.
Although he stressed that the injury was not thought to be serious enough to keep him on the sidelines for the long-term, he mentioned that there was no exact timescale at the moment.
Ayling’s injury follows the news that Kemar Roofe will be spending four weeks in the treatment room himself after he also has an issue with an ankle problem, disrupting Marcelo Bielsa’s plans for the upcoming Championship campaign even further.
In truth, this is nothing new for Leeds as they had to deal with injuries for much of last season. As the Yorkshire Evening Post noted previously, the Whites had to try and overcome a total of 31 different individual concerns which led to a combined 165 games that were missed.
Ayling had his fair share of spending time on the sidelines last season as well, as the right-back missed two months of action and was unavailable for seven games throughout November and December.
Leeds fans could not believe their luck when Hay provided them with the update regarding the 27-year-old and many of them took to Twitter to share their responses to the news.
Here are just some of their reactions…
Injuries galore again
— Craig (@cookster636) July 26, 2019
We still won’t strengthing or add depth….the trend continues and season not even started, what makes anyone at club think we won’t suffer same amount of injuries this season as last.
— corbywhite (@gandalflufc) July 26, 2019
This club is bizarre even in a preseason half our squad are on the bloody medic table
— Mr Glassalfempty (@TheMilkSteakKid) July 26, 2019
Unfortunately this feels strangely like last season already
— MarkforeverLeeds (@MarkLawrence88) July 26, 2019
So we’ve not started the season yet and we have
Ayling
Roofe
Roberts
ForeshawInjured
Ok then… pic.twitter.com/TVkfRnvryX
— Adam Haywood (@DonVito_84) July 26, 2019
Bloody hell, the next Amazon series might as well be filmed in the treatment room.
— Neil Royce (@royceylufc) July 26, 2019
Here we go again
— Sheridan Holt (@shedyw) July 26, 2019
