Hull City will have striker Mohamed Belloumi in their squad for Tuesday’s Championship match against promotion rivals Wrexham.
The 23-year-old has not played since suffering a hamstring injury in the Tigers’ Boxing Day draw at Sheffield Wednesday, but assistant boss Dean Holden is relieved to have him available again.
“He’s a top-class player and we haven’t had him fit enough for long enough this season,” Holden told BBC Radio Humberside.
“He’s been out since Boxing Day and hasn’t trained much so we’ll have to be careful in terms of minutes.” [we give him] but he has worked very hard on his rehabilitation and wanted to participate.
Fifth-placed Hull suffered their second successive league defeat as they lost 3-1 at home to Millwall on Saturday and are now just three points clear of sixth-placed Wrexham.
“We’re getting to a stage in the season where we probably have to take some risks, but we still need to mitigate the risk in terms of minutes.” [for Belloumi]but it’s a big advantage to have him back,” Holden added.
“He’s looked good in training and certainly if we need him he’ll be there.”
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