Confirmed: Leeds United suffer massive Largie Ramazani blow ahead of Bristol City | OneFootball

The winger picked up an ankle injury in midweek.

Daniel Farke has confirmed that Leeds United winger Largie Ramazani is set to be out for four to six weeks after picking up an ankle injury against Watford on Tuesday.

Despite picking up another win and keeping pace with league leaders Sunderland, the 2-1 victory over the Hornets did come with a couple of bits of bad news.

The yellow card that Junior Firpo picked up in the match earned him a one-game suspension, which ruled him out for Leeds' game this weekend against Bristol City.

There was a fear that, on top of his absence, another left-sided option wasn't going to be available. Leeds boss Daniel Farke said that they would have to: "wait and see," on the fitness of Ramazani after he twisted his ankle minutes after opening the scoring that evening.

The 23-year-old Belgian has had a stellar impact at Elland Road since joining this summer from Spanish first division side Almeria for a reported fee of €11 million (just over £9 million).

Three goals and an assist in eight appearances was what the former Manchester United youngster had racked up before picking up the knock.

He won't be adding to that tally anytime soon, as it's been confirmed that his injury is a serious one.

Largie Ramazani injury extent confirmed

The winger will be out for four to six weeks, according to Farke, after twisting his ankle against Watford.

"Twisted his ankle. Sadly it’s a serious ligament injury. Doesn’t need surgery but will be out four-to-six weeks. Best case last week of November."

While it's certainly not ideal to be without a player of the 23-year-old's quality for such a long period, plus the number of long-term injuries already being dealt with by the Leeds medical department, one slight positive from this situation is that Manor Solomon and Dan James have recovered from their respective injuries and will be able to fill in for Ramazani.

Farke further confirmed that midfield duo Ethan Ampadu and Ilia Gruev won't return to action before the end of the year. They both picked up knee problems around the start of the month.

Max Wober could be back in first team training as early as next week, though, as he is proving to be a bit ahead of his return schedule, the German manager revealed.

Ramazani injury is more bad luck for Leeds

United and Farke just can't seem to catch much of a break at the moment. The summer exodus of many top players was quickly followed by a string of injuries.

How long is a piece of string? Well, nobody knows, but this particular string must seem endless to those at Thorp Arch.

Even a fully fit Leeds squad is thin in certain areas. That's before you take into account all the recent injury issues, and now suspensions, that they are having to deal with.

Some of these problems are self-inflicted. More, and earlier, activity in the transfer market could, of course, have helped the squad to not be as stretched in times like this, but Farke and the rest of the team must feel like this tunnel of down luck is inescapable right now.