Duberry out for eight weeks

LEEDS defender Michael Duberry is out for eight weeks after fracturing a cheek bone in the pre-season friendly against Aston Villa.

The game was just eight minutes old when Duberry was caught in the face by Villa striker Juan Pablo Angel’s boot as the centre-half stooped to head a ball clear.

The former Chelsea defender was taken off immediately and taken to hospital in Dublin for X-rays which showed the fracture.

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