James Tarkowski Injuries

'I am not sharing anything with you... You have named the changes already! We are missing two centre-halves today, but we have also got two who have done really well for us as well.' 'Both (Tarkowski and Branthwaite), hopefully, will be in and around the squad tomorrow. We did great without them, so, if we didn't have them, I'd be fine - but we've got them back amongst it, I think.'

'[We just know] that he's got a hamstring injury. It was quite obvious for everybody to see. So, obviously, we'll assess it during the week, and we'll see exactly how we are.' 'He's going to be out for the rest of the season. He'll have an operation on his hamstring. It's a big blow. I think he'll be back [for pre-season], but it could eat into that.' 'One of the positives was getting Tarky back for 20 minutes. He's been out for more than 12 weeks now, so to get him back is really important. A big strength of the team is probably Tarky, Jarrad (Branthwaite) and (Jordan) Pickford, so to get him back today for a little while was good.'

'It's his back. He's been fighting his way through it. We're hopeful it settles down in time for the weekend.' 'James, we're hopeful. Trained today [we'll see] if there's a reaction.'

'He had a minor situation, so we had to be careful. He's trained today, so as long as [there's] no reaction to that, then he should be fine.'

'Tarky has got a maybe situation, so we're going to have to look at that going into the next game.'

'He has got a minor niggle at this stage, and we have to be careful. Hopefully, it's nothing.' 'Tarky has come through pretty well, so he’ll build up into next week, and we’ll see how that is.' 'There is better news with Tarky; he might be around it at the weekend.'

'[Hopeful it's] just a knock' and the Club was 'being ultra careful' ahead of next weekend's opener. 'We've been managing players, but Tarkowski is fine.'

"Tarky has been on the grass today stepping things up. He has more of a chance than Ben but we don't know."

"They have to test clear so we will find out tomorrow."

"James was out there today and that will be a touch and go one as to whether he is right or not."

"James had two points on a scan on his thigh that were really tight and we need to be careful with them."

"He's on his way to full fitness. He'll be in the thinking."

"He's had a minor situation that we're hoping will settle down, but he's not definitely clear. He's trained on the grass today and we’ll know more tomorrow."

"He's had it done [hernia surgery] and he should be absolutely fine for pre-season. He's good."

"It was important to get minutes this week. [He's] fit enough to be considered."