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Borussia Mönchengladbach dealt late defensive blow ahead of Stuttgart clash

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Borussia Mönchengladbach will be without centre-back Kevin Diks for personal reasons against VfB Stuttgart, according to Bild and confirmed by the club. Diks' absence leaves Gladbach with only one fit natural centre-back, Fabio Chiarodia, as Kō Itakura and Jan Leszczynski are already injured.

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Borussia Mönchengladbach will be without centre-back Kevin Diks for personal reasons against VfB Stuttgart, according to Bild and confirmed by the club.

Diks' absence leaves Gladbach with only one fit natural centre-back, Fabio Chiarodia, as Kō Itakura and Jan Leszczynski are already injured.

Diks could return as early as Tuesday's DFB-Pokal match, and his absence may lead to a change in Gladbach's defensive lineup.

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Borussia Mönchengladbach will have to manage without another key player when they face VfB Stuttgart away from home in the Bundesliga on Friday night. According to Bild, Kevin Diks is unavailable for personal reasons, with the club confirming to the newspaper that the centre-back’s absence is not injury-related. Fortunately for Die Fohlen, the 30-year-old could return as early as Tuesday’s DFB-Pokal match against Karlsruher SC. Diks' absence leaves Alexander Blessin’s already-depleted Gladbach squad with just one fit natural centre-back in the shape of Fabio Chiarodia, with Kō Itakura (muscle tear) and Jan Leszczynski (knee sprain) already sidelined. If he wants to stick with a back three, Blessin could deploy Daiki Hashioka and Philipp Sander alongside Chiarodia in central defence. A switch to a back four is also conceivable.

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