Highly-rated Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Rene Adler will be out for the rest of 2007 after picking up a hand injury in training...
Young goalkeeping supremo Rene Adler will be out of action for the rest of 2007 after sustaining a hand injury in training.
The highly-rated, Leipzig-born stopper will thus miss Bayer Leverkusen's final UEFA Cup group stage match against FC Zürich in Switzerland.
The former Champions League runners-up have already qualified for the knockout rounds, but they could secure top spot with a favourable result at the Letzigrund.
Adler, 22, emerged as a first team player at Leverkusen last season and has since established himself as the undisputed numebr one at the BayArena.
He is expected to recover in time for the resumption of Bundesliga play at Energie Cottbus on January 3rd 2008, but this isn't yet certain.
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