Kane Wilson is still playing catch-up over his fitness with Nigel Pearson indicating the Bristol City wing-back isn’t ready to come into starting contention just yet following a fourth-month absence with a knee injury.
Wilson has been training with the first-team squad and performed regularly for the Under-21s since his return in February, and has appeared on the bench five times playing just 10 minutes in the 2-0 defeat at Swansea City before the international break.
Mark Sykes’ four-match suspension effectively lifts the 23-year-old up the pecking order down the right flank, although in a 4-3-3 or Pearson’s diamond formation, there doesn’t appear to be an obvious place for him in the team, with George Tanner having locked down the right-back spot.
