Heikkinen boosts Hatters
03 Nov 2006 - 13:30:00
Luton Town have been boosted by the news that Markus Heikkinen has shaken off a viral infection and will be fit to face Preston on Saturday.
With several of the Hatters squad either ruled out or doubtful for the trip to Deepdale - including Lewis Emanuel, Kevin Foley, Paul Underwood and Chris Coyne - the return of the key defender has been welcomed by manager Mike Newell.
"Markus will be over his illness completely by the weekend, so there will be no doubt over him," he told the club's official website.
"Hopefully Lewis' injury is not as serious as we first feared. Whether he makes it for the weekend or not, I don't know.
"Kevin, we'll leave as late as possible. He was feeling it the other night and we didn't want him out for weeks so we didn't take the risk."