Gradi set to rest Jones

Crewe Alexandra manager Dario Gradi has admitted that he will have to rest teenager Billy Jones in the near future.

The 16-year-old has played in Alex's last five games, but needed five stitches in a head wound after a collision with West Brom star Rob Hulse during Saturday's 2-2 draw.

"I would like to rest Billy at some point," Gradi told the club's official website.

"He's playing well, but from experience if I don't rest him soon then Mother Nature will do and we don't want that to happen."

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