(Reuters) - Middlesbrough captain Grant Leadbitter will miss the start of the Premier League season and left back James Husband is facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines, the promoted club said on Thursday.
Leadbitter, who made 41 league appearances as the club won promotion from the Championship, underwent an operation earlier in the close season to repair a hernia problem he had been carrying for the final two months of the last campaign.
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