Birmingham City defender Roger Johnson is likely to take his place in the starting line-up against Sunderland this weekend.
The Blues host the Black Cats in a relegation battle at St Andrew's and are expected to have Johnson in tow despite being taken off at half-time because of concussion sustained against Blackburn Rovers last week.
"Roger has made some improvement. He has not trained this week but we expect him to train today and he should be ready," Birmingham boss Alex McLeish said.
"He was a bit groggy but it would take something really bad to stop him playing. That's the sort of guy he is.
"He texted me on Monday and said 'I've got a bit of a headache but I'll be okay for the weekend.'"
However, McLeish admitted that he did have some injury worries in the dressing room at present.
"Nikola Zigic, Obafemi Martins and Martin Jiranek are still on the treatment table," he added.
"Zigic is showing a slight improvement, the other two are not quite ready. We will hedge our bets on Zigic.
"David Bentley (groin) has joined the group again. Jean Beausejour had a bit of a hamstring last week. He is going to be training again over the next couple of days."
