Middlesbrough fullback Andrew Taylor is back in training.
The Hartlepool-born 20-year-old underwent an operation on his big toe in the final week of last season, a bout of surgery that forced him to pull out of this month's European Under-21 Championships in Holland.
The injury has already healed sufficiently to allow him to begin some light running, and he will join in with the rest of the squad next week as they undergo a series of gruelling fitness tests.