Soccer-Austrian defender Wober joins Gladbach on one-year loan from Leeds

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31/07/2023 18:02

July 31 (Reuters) - Austrian defender Maximilian Wober
has joined Bundesliga club Borussia Monchengladbach on loan
until the end of 2023-24 season from English second-tier side
Leeds United, both clubs said on Monday.
    Leeds signed Wober in January on a 4-1/2 year deal from Red
Bull Salzburg, where he arrived from LaLiga club Sevilla in
2019.
    The 25-year-old made nearly 20 appearances in all
competitions for Leeds.
    "(Max) is a player that doesn't shy away from
responsibility," Roland Virkus, Borussia's managing director for
sport, told the club website.
    "As a left-footer, he also is a great addition for us
tactically, and can play both in central defence or at
left-back."
    Wober won the Austrian League and Cup double three times in
a row since 2019-20.
    He made his Austria debut in October 2017 in a 3-2 win over
Serbia in 2018 World Cup qualifiers, winning 15 more caps since
then.
    Gladbach finished 10th in the German top-flight last season.

 (Reporting by Anita Kobylinska in Gdansk)
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