Mulumbu ready for Prem action

Oussouf Mulumbu could be set for his Premier League debut at Portsmouth on Saturday after Tony Mowbray included him in his squad.The January loan signing is set for a place on the bench at Fratton Park after playing 90 minutes of the reserves' 3-0 defeat by Pompey on Monday. His first-team chances have been limited until now after he picked up a thigh injury in the build-up to the Fulham game five weeks ago. "Mulumbu is going to travel with us," Mowbray told the club's website. "I spoke to him this morning and I don't think he feels he is ready for 90 minutes yet. "But with people like Mulumbu and Menseguez how are they ever going to get fit because we're running out of games? "At some stage I'll have to stick them on the pitch and say 'you'll have to get fit out there otherwise we're never going to know if you can do it or not'."

Source: Eurosport