Leeds United have several players out on loan at the moment with only a handful showing their peak form and potentially justifying a permanent exit.
Daniel Farke won’t have much, if any, time to keep tabs on what’s going on for each loan player away from Elland Road for the time being.
Some, like Largie Ramazani at Valencia, are thriving at their current clubs. However some, like Max Wober at Werder Bremen, are having a torrid time.
Max Wober discusses injury nightmare after muscle tear on loan at Werder Bremen
Wober’s time on loan in the Bundesliga couldn’t really be going much worse. The Austrian centre-back was cast out from the club to Werder Bremen in the summer window after promotion. It wasn’t much of a surprise that he was jettisoned in the summer. He didn’t do much to repair his relationship with the fans like Brenden Aaronson has.
The issue, though, is that he’s not been able to convince his loan club that he’s worth a permanent deal. That’s because he’s faced ongoing injury nightmares. Wober has only featured once all season as he’s since revealed that he sought help from an injury specialist in London.
“After the friendly match, I started having problems with my calf,” Wober said on the 1x1Sport Fußballtrainer podcast (via Deich Stube). “At first, they said it was a minor strain, but it took longer than expected. Then it turned into a muscle fibre tear, and finally a muscle fibre tear with tendon involvement. Many things didn’t go optimally during my rehab.
“I’m not far from being fit, but I still can’t get back to running and playing football completely pain-free. I hope this appointment will help me and that I can be back on the pitch in two weeksHopefully, after the international break, I’ll at least have five or six games where I can give my all for the club.”
£10million down the drain as Leeds United look unlikely to see anything back for Max Wober
A return to the Bundesliga after his solid loan spell with Borussia Monchengladbach looked a good solution for everyone.
We got him off the books and sent him to a club where he had a relatively strong chance of making a good impression and gaining a permanent move. Leeds agreed an undisclosed buy option in the centre-back’s loan, which could be worth around £3.4million. But, that isn’t going to be triggered.
Werder Bremen won’t be happy with his lack of involvement. He’s been injured throughout the entirety of the season since his debut in August.
For Leeds, that £10million spent in January 2023 doesn’t look like money well spent. I’d expect that we’re not going to see much of that back at all, if any.
Wober is contracted until the summer of 2027, so enters the final 12 months of his deal this summer. As a result, his book value should sit just above the £2million mark, and you can’t even imagine someone paying that now on top of his Premier League wages.
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