Summary:
A former Liverpool and Lanus Brasil player has been taken to hospital with a serious head injury.

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Former Liverpool striker Sebastian Leto has been taken to hospital for emergency treatment after a barbell fell on his head during training. Now at Italian side Catania, Leto suffered the injury after a squat exercise in the gym which saw a barbell drop on his head. The 28-year-old, who has been on loan at Argentinian club Lanus since February 3, was initially sent home by the medical staff with a deep wound in his head. Sebastian Leto (right), pictured in action for Catania last year, is in intensive care after barbell fell on his head . Leto is challenged by Reading striker Shane Long during a League Cup clash with Liverpool in 2007 . But he later went to the hospital after suffering headaches and is now in intensive care. Doctors are not ruling out surgery for the 28-year-old and it is feared Leto may have internal hemorrhaging. Leto was signed by Rafa Benitez from Lanus in 2007 and made 15 appearances for the Reds before leaving for Olympiacos on loan in 2008. He left Anfield permanently a year later when he signed for Greek side Panathinaikos before moving on to Catania in the summer of 2013. Leto was signed by Rafa Benitez in 2007 but left Liverpool after just two years at Anfield . The 28-year-old, pictured in August 2007, could face surgery as it's feared he has internal hemorrhaging .