BUNDESLIGA star Stefan Lainer has been diagnosed with cancer.
The Borussia Monchengladbach ace, 30, was told he had lymphoma after medical examinations.
And Lainer, a regular international with Austria, is now set to miss several months of action to undergo treatment.
But Gladbach revealed the right-back’s cancer was detected by doctors “extremely early”.
And they reckon there’s an “extremely high chance” Laimer will return to full health, with a chance of playing football at the top level “still possible”.