Injury shock! RB Leipzig star Xaver Schlager fails again!

Injury shock! RB Leipzig star Xaver Schlager fails again!

Leipzig, Deutschland - Default shock for RB Leipzig and the Austrian national team! Midfield star Xaver Schlager, who only returned to the field after a heavy cruciate ligament tear in November, is operated on again. The 27-year-old had to undergo a minimal intervention after injuring his knee again in the friendly against Banik Most. As Oe24 , Schlager will be canceled at least until after the international break in March, which means that he will be the play-off in the Nations League against Serbia on the 20th and March 23 will be missed.

slow return to training

The Berliner from RB Leipzig announced that the teammate was still out of action for around six weeks. According to Sport1 , Xaver Schlager will start running training in the coming weeks before he can return after the international break. The club was optimistic that he can support the team this season, says Managing Director Marcel Schäfer: "We have hope and the belief that he will help us in the season, as he always did." Schlager has only played four league games this season, which underlines the drama of the situation for the club and fans.