Jack Rudoni injury update: Will Coventry City Championship footballer be playing today against West Brom - Frank Lampard shares latest

The good news is that star midfielder Jack Rudoni has been back in full training this week in the run up to Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off against West Bromwich Albion at the CBS Arena. The 24-year-old playmaker has missed the last nine games with a calf strain but comes back into contention to be involved in the matchday squad against the Baggies.

Frank Lampard said: “He’s been training with the squad this week, so we’ll see whether he’s ready for tomorrow or the games coming up, but so far it’s gone well”. He also confirmed that Ephron Mason-Clark is fit and fully recovered from the blow to the head he took while scoring the winning goal against Stroke a fortnight ago.

Brandon Thomas-Asante returned from Asia on Wednesday, while Haji Wright landed back from the United States on Thursday. Asked how they are, the head coach said: “We’ll find that out tomorrow.

“There are some players we know are returning from injury, there are players that have played a lot of minutes and travelled a long way so those are things we’ll just have to manage but I’m not going to give away too much the day before.” As for whether the long-haul travellers had the luxury of first or business class in order to be able to get their heads down on their flights, he said: “I’m not sure.

“Different countries travel differently and the basic facts of those two is that they’ve had long flights. Brandon landed on Wednesday from a particularly long flight and Haji also landed yesterday, as did Joel (Latibeaudiere). So we just have to manage that as we see it and then it’s obviously my call in terms of how ready they are for the match.”

He added: “We’re also going into a three game week which is something to take into consideration with Middlesbrough coming very quickly on Tuesday night. So we’ll make a decision that feels right.”