Snodgrass out after appendix surgery

Leeds United winger Robert Snodgrass has been sidelined for several weeks after undergoing surgery to remove his appendix.Snodgrass had an operation on Thursday afternoon and has been ruled out of Saturday’s match at Barnsley.He is likely to be missing from action for much of January.Manager Simon Grayson told the club’s official website: “It wasn’t something that was planned but we were hoping to keep it quiet until after the teamsheets had been exchanged at Barnsley in order not to alert our opponents.“We’re not putting any timescale on things but hopefully he won’t be absent for too long a period.”