Neil Warnock gives update on Cardiff City's injured stars and reveals when Aron Gunnarsson could return -
NEIL WARNOCK:
"I don’t expect him to be available for us until around the middle of April. It’ll be another three or four weeks of rehab then he has to get fit."
Friday 16th February 2018
The Iceland international has not featured for the Bluebirds since November and was previously ruled out for the bulk of his side's promotion run-in after undergoing ankle surgery.
But Warnock has revealed Gunnarsson - who is out of contract in the summer - is close to returning to training on grass, adding that he could even be available for action in early April.
"I can be sarcastic when I want but I think, he’s about 75% and he's not far off going back on the grass," said Warnock.
"We’ve kept in touch with Iceland and I'm sure they’ll be delighted with what we’ve done. It means he hasn't got a doubt about the World Cup.
"When he’s had surgery, it’s probably good for everyone that he got it done. It was worse than what we thought.
"I don’t expect him to be available for us until around the middle of April. It’ll be another three or four weeks of rehab then he has to get fit.
"It might be the end of March, we could get four or five weeks out of him. I don't know about the international break but we'll worry about that when we get to it.
"I don’t worry about Iceland if I’m honest. It’s a tremendous achievement what they’ve done and he’s the captain so it'll be at the back of his mind. Gunnars will get as fit as he can and he’ll try to finish on a high with us."
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