Reading's Ibrahima Sonko is targeting a return to action in the Carling Cup third-round clash at home to Liverpool later this month.
Defender to return this month
Reading's Ibrahima Sonko is targeting a return to action in the Carling Cup third-round clash at home to Liverpool later this month.
The defender has been sidelined since January with a cruciate knee ligament injury he sustained in the 3-1 home win over Sheffield United, but has now come through his first full training session and hopes to feature when the Reds visit the Madejski Stadium on 25th September.
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He said: "I have no problem with the knee now. I have been turning and everything is fine. I just need games.
"I would like to play in the Liverpool game, but it's up to the gaffer (Steve Coppell) if he thinks I will be ready or not," he told the Reading Evening Post.
Meanwhile, Brynjar Gunnarsson has pulled out of Iceland's Euro 2008 qualifiers with Spain and Northern Ireland after suffering a calf strain, while the Republic of Ireland's Shane Long is undergoing treatment on a broken thumb.
