Injury KO for Leigh

Yorkshire Evening Post 22/4/12
By Phil Hay
Leeds United defender Leigh Bromby will undergo major surgery this week after suffering a knee injury which team-mate Alex Bruce described as “sickening”.
Bromby is facing months of rehabilitation from the ruptured patellar tendon he sustained in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Cardiff City. The 31-year-old passed out on the pitch after collapsing in agony with no-one around him, and United’s players looked visibly distressed as medical staff tended to him on the field.
Bruce, who partnered Bromby in the centre of United’s defence until the centre-back was stretchered off in the 28th minute, said: “It was sickening to see. Obviously playing next to him, to see your mate in agony like that knocks the wind out of you to say the least. He’s a great lad and very popular in the dressing room. It was upsetting.”
Bromby travelled home with United’s squad on Saturday afternoon and the club were waiting for swelling around his knee to subside before sending him for an operation.
The injury will see him miss the start of next season and manager Neil Warnock is not expecting Bromby to recover until after the turn of the year.
Warnock said: “It was terrible. He was in agony and had to have oxygen straight away. He passed out.
“He’ll have an operation and he’ll be out a long time. I’d be very surprised if he was back before Christmas.”
Leeds are one game away from completing their Championship campaign and Luciano Becchio’s late header staved off a 19th league defeat at the Cardiff City Stadium.
The forward scored 17 minutes from time to cancel out an earlier strike from Joe Mason, leaving City’s play-off qualification up in the air going into the last weekend of the term.
Warnock was ready to continue his cull of players this week, saying: “We’ve got to move on.”

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