Only 5 season games for RB
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RB Leipzig will have to do without Xaver Schlager again in the coming weeks due to injury. The 27 -year -old midfielder, who is supposed to be in talks about an extension of the contract with the Saxons, has suffered a muscle injury in the left thigh at the Austrian national team. This resulted in an MRI examination in Leipzig. According to reports, Schlager even falls up to six weeks.
“The renewed injury hits us very hard, especially Xaver himself. He worked extremely intensely for his comeback and gave everything to be able to help us in the end of the season with his qualities. He should get the last match fitness with the national team, now he is forced to take a break again. have ”, said Marcel Sports Managing Director Marcel Schäfer.
The Schlager, which is under contract by 2026, will only come to five missions over 200 minutes this season due to several injury interruptions.