Leeds and Eintracht Frankfurt fans brawl after friendly – Championship 2015

He told the Yorkshire Evening Post: “A few of us went over to applaud the Frankfurt fans”.

However, the aforementioned source reports that Wood complained of a tight muscle during the warm-up against York City last week and that meant he had to withdraw from Rosler’s team shortly before kick-off.

Rosler will name Wood among his substitutes for tonight’s clash with Bundesliga side Frankfurt and intends to use him from the outset of Saturday’s meeting with Hoffenheim in Norway.

Rosler said the addition of natural wide players was still a priority for him with the first game of the new Championship season two-and-a-half weeks away.

The German insisted again that he was pleased with his signings so far, saying: “You hope that you have a bit of input in recruitment and I’ve said many times that I’m happy”.

“That will be enough for someone like Chris Wood to reach the start of the season okay”.

Casper Sloth made just 14 appearances for Leeds last season but he showed glimpses of what he is capable of, most notably in a 60-minute cameo against Reading when he set up one goal and looked a constant threat.

More than 20 people were arrested and two people injured as fighting broke out after Leeds United’s friendly 2-1 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt in Austria this evening. I saw the principles coming through, with the ball and without the ball.

“I think it’s a great challenge – not only for us coaches – but for the players to measure themselves against top opponents”. Scott Wootton will play at right-back.

“We’ll be able to see where our fitness is at – German teams are normally very fit”.