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On the timescale of Tanner’s return, Barry-Murphy added: “He’ll obviously tell you he’s available much sooner, which is great because he feels so good and he’s looking so good.<\/p>\n
“But I just think with the amount of time he’s been out for would mean that we just have to be mindful of building him back up to a healthy level of fitness before we expose him to the games he’s going to have to play.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, centre-back Gabriel Osho is around two weeks away from a return following an injury to his big toe.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old sustained the injury during last week’s 5-1 EFL Trophy defeat at home by AFC Wimbledon.<\/p>\n
“Gabriel Osho is back in partial training, so really good news on his toe injury, where there’s no fracture and we can build him back up pretty quickly,” said Barry-Murphy.<\/p>\n
“I would say if today [training on Thursday] goes reasonably well, then I’d say he could be back within maybe two weeks. But I’m not certain, just because initially we thought there might be a fracture to his toe, and then it was looking as if it was going to be slightly longer term.<\/p>\n
“The good news means there is no fracture. So if he starts to come through day by day, then that two-week period could be realistic.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n