Leeds United's Saturday night visitors Brentford are sweating on the fitness of a key attacker for the Elland Road clash.
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Bees head coach Keith Andrews has revealed that attacking midfielder Mikkel Damsgaard, who scored two and made one in the recent madcap win over Burnley, has returned to training after sustaining a knock on Monday. Damsgaard went off after 72 minutes of the 2-2 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers and missed some training this week.
"Dams was on the grass today, which is obviously positive,” Andrews said. “We’ll give him every chance to see how he is for tomorrow.”
Brentford will be without full-backs Rico Henry and Aaron Hickey through hamstring problems. Vitaly Janelt [metatarsal] and Josh Dasilva [knee ligament] are out and both Fábio Carvalho and Antoni Milambo are out for the rest of the season with respective ACL injuries.
Leeds, however, have everyone fit and available other than the suspended Gabriel Gudmundsson for the vital Premier League clash. They will welcome a Bees side who have been in red-hot form on the road of late, with wins over Burnley, Newcastle United and Aston Villa.
“We’ve been on a really good run," said Andrews. “We’ve looked really calm and confident in what we’ve been doing. Whatever’s been thrown at us, we’ve dealt with it pretty well. The group are in a pretty good place. There will be a quiet, calm confidence about how we approach the game tomorrow.”
Elswhere in the relegation picture, Tottenham Hotspur have suffered a fresh blow with the news that first-choice goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario needs surgery. The Italian has started each and every one of Spurs' 30 Premier League games to date. He didn't start the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie with Atletico Madrid, but was parachuted into the game after a nightmare start for back-up Antonín Kinský who conceded three inside 17 minutes and made two big mistakes.
A Spurs statement said: "We can confirm that Guglielmo Vicario will undergo surgery next week on a hernia. The minor procedure for the Italy international goalkeeper has been timed to have as minimal impact on our season as possible. Guglielmo will commence his rehabilitation with our medical staff immediately, and it is hoped that he could return to action within the next month."