Aston Villa striker Keinan Davis has suffered a recurrence of a hamstring injury amid talk of a return to Nottingham Forest.
The 24-year-old is currently in Australia with Steven Gerrard’s side. But he has been ruled out of the final match of their pre-season tour, against Manchester United on Saturday.
Davis was absent for the Reds’ Championship run-in due to a hamstring problem, having been forced off in the 1-0 defeat at Luton Town in April. He returned for the play-offs, coming off the bench in both legs of the semi-final against Sheffield United, before starting the 1-0 win over Huddersfield Town at Wembley.
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In Australia, he has been unable to train with the first-team group, instead conducting rehab work with Villa’s physios and fitness coaches. It is expected he will make a full return to fitness ahead of the club’s friendly with Stade Rennais on July 30.
"He should be in full training when we return (from Australia), so he's had a really good rehab over here and has worked extremely hard," Gerrard told BirminghamLive. "He had a bit of a moment in there (hamstring) and we needed to be patient when you get like a secondary issue in there.
“It wasn't a big problem, but we've got to be patient. He should be back in full training in probably five, six, seven days."
Forest are said to have held talks over the possibility of re-signing Davis. The forward made a big impact during his time at the City Ground, and Steve Cooper’s side are in need of reinforcements up front.
Davis has previously said he would be open to putting pen to paper for the Reds. And while he is part of Villa’s squad in Australia, his future at the club is believed to be uncertain.
A £15m price tag has been mooted for the front man, who scored five goals in 22 appearances in the Garibaldi. Earlier this year, when asked if he would like to stay beyond the summer, he said: “Yeah, of course. This is the best I’ve played and the most I’ve enjoyed my football in my whole entire life, so it’s just great to be here.
“We have a bit of banter about that, about loving it here. But as you can tell by the way we’re playing, you can tell us loan signings all love it here.”
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