Nery Castillo is set to make an end of season return to City's first team, reports the Manchester Evening News.

The 23-year-old Mexican, who joined the Blues in January after paying part of his loan fee from Shakhtar Donetsk, has been out of the picture recently having started just once in three months and has not been in the squad for the past fortnight.

But boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has warned it would be a mistake to write off the attacking midfielder, who has had more problems than most since he arrived from Ukraine and who is with City until at least next Christmas.