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Duberry fillip for Royals

14 Feb 2008 - 09:11:02

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Reading hope to have injured defender Michael Duberry fit for their next Premier League fixture against Aston Villa.

Duberry has missed the last six games - all of which have ended in defeat - after picking up a knee injury in the 2-2 FA Cup third round draw with Tottenham on January 5.

"Michael is progressing well and hopefully will be back to training this week in preparation for Villa," physio Jon Fearn told the club's official website.

"It's been slow progress but steady. I think the damage to his knee was underestimated - it could've been a lot worse.

"He's getting near now, he's more comfortable running."

Meanwhile, the Royals have also revealed that Glen Little has been given the all clear to step up his comeback from an Achilles injury.

The former Burnley winger's last appearance came towards the end of last season.

"We've seen Glen's surgeon and he was very happy with the progress, it all went as was expected," revealed Fearn.

"We'll progress from here and the time period will be dictated by when he's physically ready to train.

"The tendon will take a good time to completely heal, but that wouldn't stop him getting back to playing football.

"We don't want to push him too soon. I think March might be optimistic but we'll see how he goes."