Wednesday Feb 20 2008 13:47
Hibernian manager Mixu Paatelainen has given his full backing to injury-jinxed striker Abdessalam Benjelloun, who has scored just once this season.
The 22-year-old Moroccan has been sidelined by knee and hamstring injuries this term and has not featured at all in the last month.
Paatelainen told the Edinburgh Evening News: "There has to be a reason why his hamstring tightens up so easily. He is getting better, but it still isn't right and we need to get it sorted out.
"Our physios and doctors are working on it all the time. Sometimes it is difficult to find a reason, but there is always one, so we need to find it.
"It's very frustrating as a player to have something niggling you all the time when you don't know what is causing it.
"At a time like this Benji needs all the support and backing we can give him."
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