Former Derby County defender Richard Keogh has said that he "should be available" for Blackpool's Championship clash against Nottingham Forest after the international break.
Following their FA Cup exit at the weekend, Forest are back in action a week on Saturday as they travel to the coast to take on the Seasiders at Bloomfield Road in the day’s early kick-off. It’s a game that is now expected to see them come up against an old rival in Keogh.
The centre-back has been out of action with a calf injury since the start of February. The problem has seen him miss the last seven Championship games.
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However, with clubs now in the midst of a two-week international break, the player has said that it gives him enough time to close in on a comeback. “The break is obviously going to benefit me,” he told Blackpool’s official website.
“It will give me time to top up my rehab a little bit more and then get back training with the team. By the time the next league game comes around, I should be available.
“I felt a little bit of something in my calf, but it didn’t feel really bad and I kind of carried on for a little bit longer. Maybe that was the wrong thing to do, but that’s probably just in my nature.
“The news was worse than we anticipated, based on my symptoms and how I was feeling. Naturally, as a player when the team’s playing well and I was playing well, to kind of receive the news that it’s going to be a little worse than you think is disappointing.”
Keogh played a total of 356 times for Forest’s East midlands rivals Derby over a six-and-a-half-year period. He also played the full 90 minutes of Forest’s 2-1 win over Blackpool at the City Ground back in October.
