{"id":448028,"date":"2017-12-18T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/18\/thomas-christiansen-laments-injury-to-leeds-united-striker-caleb-ekuban\/"},"modified":"2017-12-18T06:00:16","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T06:00:16","slug":"thomas-christiansen-laments-injury-to-leeds-united-striker-caleb-ekuban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/18\/thomas-christiansen-laments-injury-to-leeds-united-striker-caleb-ekuban\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Christiansen laments injury to Leeds United striker Caleb Ekuban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday, 18 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-18<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/32646057.295.jpg\" alt=\"Caleb34\" title=\"Caleb34\" width=\"295\" height=\"174\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Caleb Ekuban<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513576816_423_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Leeds United manager Thomas Christiansen has lamented on another injury sustained by Ghanaian forward Caleb Ekuban.<\/p>\n<p>Ekuban, who joined the Yorkshire club in the off season from Italian side Chievo Verona, has been hampered by injuries since signing for the side.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old forward suffered a huge setback once again during the side&#8217;s 3-1 win over Queens Park Rangers last Saturday and the team&#8217;s manager, Thomas Christiansen has bemoaned the loss of the Ghanaian sharp shooter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaleb has been very unlucky to pick up this injury however he does not require surgery which will make the process quicker than we first thought,\u201d Thomas Christiansen said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s a blow for all of us as Caleb is a big part of our plans, although with Pierre-Michel Lasogga returning to training last week and Kemar Roofe and Jay-Roy Grot available to us, who can both play down the middle, shows how strong our squad is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ekuban missed the side&#8217;s 1-0 win against Norwich City at Elland Road thanks to Pontus Jansson\u2019s first half header.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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