Byram out to prove his fitness
YEP 23/8/13
Leeds United are ready to throw Sam Byram into a youth-team fixture and give him the chance to prove his fitness with the club continuing to resist the option of surgery.
Byram completed a full training session on Thursday (Aug 22) and is likely to be used in a forthcoming development-squad game as Leeds look to make a final call on whether the defender requires an operation on his long-standing hip injury.
The club’s player of year seemed likely to go under the knife after being sent for an injection in his troublesome hip at the start of the season.
Manager Brian McDermott said: “I don’t want to say too much about him and let’s just take it day by day but at some point we’re going to have to play him in some type of game to see how he looks.”
Byram is United’s only major fitness concern ahead of Saturday’s clash with Ipswich.
Midfielder Paul Green, who suffered a back injury against Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday, is fit to play and Stephen Warnock, Lee Peltier and Tom Lees all appear to have shaken off minor problems.
Leeds United are ready to throw Sam Byram into a youth-team fixture and give him the chance to prove his fitness with the club continuing to resist the option of surgery.
Byram completed a full training session on Thursday (Aug 22) and is likely to be used in a forthcoming development-squad game as Leeds look to make a final call on whether the defender requires an operation on his long-standing hip injury.
The club’s player of year seemed likely to go under the knife after being sent for an injection in his troublesome hip at the start of the season.
Manager Brian McDermott said: “I don’t want to say too much about him and let’s just take it day by day but at some point we’re going to have to play him in some type of game to see how he looks.”
Byram is United’s only major fitness concern ahead of Saturday’s clash with Ipswich.
Midfielder Paul Green, who suffered a back injury against Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday, is fit to play and Stephen Warnock, Lee Peltier and Tom Lees all appear to have shaken off minor problems.
