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The
Bulgarian striker has been out of action since rupturing his Achilles
tendon in the warm-up at Villa Park on the opening day of the season.
The desperately unlucky striker had looked in good form in pre-season
after recovering from a cruciate injury that had forced him to miss
virtually all of 2007/08, but according to Mark Hughes there are
prospects of a possible return this season for the 22-year-old.
“Boji
is working with the fitness coaches,” Hughes states, “he’s out on the
training pitches every day but he’s not with the rest of the group
because he is not quite there.
“We’re pleased with the way he has
come back, he’s very strong around the injury. His cardiovascular work
is down because he has missed so much training, so we’ll try to improve
that part of him. We are hopeful that in the next two or three weeks he
will be able to start in group sessions, and that we can get him back
in February.”
Valeri’s countryman Martin Petrov will be absent
for a while longer, but is also showing good signs in his recovery from
a knee injury picked up while on international duty in October.
The
Manager continues, “Martin is going to be a little bit longer, but he
is a fit guy and given his physique and his frame I imagine he will get
back to playing fitness very quickly.
“Ideally we would have both those players available, but they are well on the road to recovery.”
Also
missing for a long time is Kelvin Etuhu, whose last appearance was in
the 3-0 win over West Ham in August, and of his current status Mark
concludes:
“It has been frustrating for him. He pulled his
hamstring, then re-did it and then there was another issue which was
not discovered until later on. It’s a shame that we have not been able
to get him back sooner, but we feel we are on top of the cause of the
injury but we are working to an end that we will get him back sooner
rather than later as well.”
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