Leeds United's Gabriel Gudmundsson waiting for injury to be assessed but there is some good news
Gabriel Gudmundsson is waiting to learn more about the suspected hamstring injury which brought him off in the first half of the final game of Leeds United's pre-season tour of America, but it is not in the same leg where he had a problem in April.
Gudmundsson missed the last four matches of last season with an injury to his left hamstring, but recovered in time to play a full part for Sweden at the World Cup.
He went off injured 36 minutes into Leeds' 4-2 win over Liverpool on Sunday, but told Swedish media afterwards the problem was unrelated to the one he suffered in April, but will be fully assessed at Thorp Arch.
Describing the injury as “sad,” he told Swedish outlet Sportbladet: “It was a little feeling (at the back of the right thigh), so we'll see.
"I don't want to go into it (the severity), I don't have an answer for that now. We'll see. I don't know. We'll see what the result is.”
The left-back or wing-back was one of Leeds' best players in his debut season across 35 appearances as the club consolidated their place in the Premier League and reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup, where the soon-to-be-27-year-old suffered what turned out to be a season-ending injury but not one which stopped him playing at the World Cup.
Leeds were already on the lookout for cover for Gudmundsson, their only left-footed left-back, this summer. He ended the World Cup as a left-sided central defender, another position where Leeds have only senior left-footed option, in the shape of new signing Tarik Muharemovic. The versatile James Justin can cover both positions, but favours his right foot.
Centre-back Jaka Bijol missed all three of Leeds games in America, but it is hoped he will be fit for the start of the season, having suffered through missing the start of his debut campaign through suspension.
Leeds' pre-season programme continues at home to Leipzig on Saturday, and they play twice the following week before travelling to Nottingham Forest for their opening match of the 2026-27 Premier League campaign on August 22.