Leeds United man out for the season as Farke waits on three others for FA Cup semi-final v Chelsea — YEP 23/4/26

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By Graham Smyth

Daniel Farke has provided his Leeds United injury news ahead of Sunday’s Wembley FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea.

Leeds United have lost a senior player for the rest of the season and are awaiting news on the fitness of three others ahead of the FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea on Sunday.

This week in training Ilia Gruev injured the meniscus in his knee and Daniel Farke confirmed on Thursday that the midfielder will not play again this season.

Elsewhere in the squad Anton Stach has been rehabbing an ankle injury, Jayden Bogle has a slight knock and Sebastiaan Bornauw hurt his ankle in midweek.

Stach injured his ankle when he was wiped out by an unpunished challenge in the penalty area at West Ham United in the quarter-final and has not played since.

Bogle was caught by a heavy tackle in the first half of the 2-2 draw at Bournemouth on Wednesday night and Farke took him off at the break, bringing Joe Rodon back in from the bench.

Bornauw appeared to collide accidentally with team-mate Facundo Buonanotte in the warm-up and was subsequently missing from the half-time drills while his fellow substitutes worked on the pitch.

"Sadly bad news with Ilia Gruev, meniscus injury is confirmed and will keep him out for the whole season and he won't be able to help us for the FA Cup or the run-in," said Farke.

"We expect to have him back for the start of pre-season. It's not ideal for us and we all feel for him. Jayden Bogle got a hit against his foot, it seems to be not too bad. We need to wait and see how quickly he can recover, we hope to have him available.

"During the warm-up [Bornauw] rolled his ankle, yesterday it was pretty sore. Also today he was not able to join us in team training, I hope it's not too bad and hope to have him back in team training tomorrow and if so he will be available."

As for Stach, Farke is keeping the door open on the German international's chance of making a comeback for the semi-final but he has not yet returned to team training sessions.

"Not yet in team training but we have a few more days and we will see," he said. "Of course if a key player like him is back in training then he has a chance, lets see the next 72 hours.”

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