Higgs suffered an injury against Milton Keynes Dons and had to be replaced by Ankergren. It was revealed Higgs' injury was a thigh injury and he was expected to miss a few games as a result. Higgs returned from injury and started the game against Norwich City but suffered a recurrence of his thigh injury and had to be substituted. He was replaced by Casper Ankergren. He signed a new contract with Leeds in November 2009, which contracted him at the club until June 2011. Higgs was on the road to recovery, but still was not fit enough to return to the Leeds squad, as a result Leeds signed David Martin on loan as backup for Ankergren.
