There was some positive news regarding the fitness of Aaron Hughes on Friday afternoon when Manager Mark Hughes revealed he is confident the defender will be fit for Sunday’s game against Blackpool at the Cottage.
The Northern Ireland international retuned early from international duty last week after suffering a shoulder injury but after training on Friday, Hughes explained the nature of the injury and his belief that the ever-present defender will be lining up alongside Brede Hangeland this weekend.
“Aaron’s had an issue with his shoulder,” Hughes explained. “It was a slight dislocation of the shoulder where it’s popped out and straight back in. He’s trained today [Friday] and he’s got a little bit of tenderness there but we don’t anticipate that he’ll miss the game.
“The issue is at the back of the shoulder rather than the front and more often than not if the issue is at the front it’s more than likely to pop out again. The medical staff think there’s only a slight chance of that and it would have to be a very unfortunate way of falling.
“We feel he’s moving correctly and not carrying the injury so he should be okay.”