Grealish has not played since a goalless draw with Brighton and Hove Albion on February 13 and Villa’s form has tailed off too, with Dean Smith’s side winning only three times since.
Jack Grealish
Injury: Shin
Target return date: TBD.
Dean Smith said: “The scan has came back and it’s showed a positive scan. We’re loading him gradually and we’re obviously a little bit tentative after the last time. He’s doing gradual loading and won’t be available for this weekend. He’s working on his own at the moment. As I say, it’s going to be a gradual loading. It’s a loading stress injury so we can’t rush him. I think because of the last time (aggravating it before Fulham) he broke down a bit so we’re a little tentative so will probably want to take a different approach to last time. I expect him to be training with us next week.”
Trezeguet
Injury: Knee
Target return date: Next season.
Dean Smith said: “He’s had a significant knee injury which is normally nine months. We never like to put a time frame on injuries but that’s the average time to come back. Some come back earlier, some come back later.”
Morgan Sanson
Injury: Knee
Target return date: TBD.
Dean Smith said: “Morgan Sanson is still out with a knee injury which is nothing too serious. We’re hoping to have him back training in a couple of weeks.”
Wesley Moraes
Injury: Knee ligament damage.
Status: Fit-again after overcoming a knee injury and came on as a sub against West Brom.
Dean Smith said: He’s not ready for a start, he’s only played 45 minutes of football, really; he’s played a couple of Under-23 games and we’ve been building him up gradually. I’d just seen a gradual improvement in him in training and felt he could be ready to do 15 minutes for us at the end of the game (against West Brom).”
