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Javi Gracia issues Leeds United injury update on Max Wober, Wilfried Gnonto and Tyler Adams

Javi Gracia has revealed Max Wober and Wilfried Gnonto will miss Leeds United's clash at Arsenal on Saturday.

Wober was forced to withdraw early from international duty after pulling his hamstring during Austria's 4-1 win over Azerbaijan in a European qualifier. Gnonto limped off with an ankle injury inside just 22 minutes in Italy's 2-0 win over Malta on Sunday.

Gracia added that he will assess whether Tyler Adams will be able to feature at any stage of the Premier League run-in after his surgery on his hamstring injury.

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"Tyler, we'll see his evolution but after this surgery we'll see if he can play any games this season. Day-by-day," Gracia said in his pre-match press conference.

"There are other players, Max Wober, Willy Gnonto with different injuries. Hamstring injury and ankle injury and we'll see their evolution but they need time to recover, they will be out of the team [against Arsenal]."

With a crucial home match against Nottingham Forest following on Tuesday night, Gracia was unable to give a definitive answer on when Wober and Gnonto would be able to return.

"I'm sorry but I cannot clarify because I don't know. What I know is they are out for this game and I think it will be more time. I don't if one week more, two weeks more, I cannot tell you. It depends on the evolution."

Adam Forshaw (hip) and Stuart Dallas (leg) remain long-term absentees for Gracia's side.

Leeds travel to the Emirates Stadium to face Premier League leaders Arsenal on Saturday afternoon. They lost the reserve fixture at Elland Road 1-0 courtesy of Bukayo Saka's solitary strike in October last year.

The Whites have collected seven points from four games since Javi Gracia took over as manager in February. They registered a 4-2 victory over Wolves at Molineux prior to the international break to climb into 14th place, and two points adrift of the relegation zone.

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