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Burke available to face old club

Defender back to fitness for Hull clash

Reece Burke Watford

Hatters manager Rob Edwards gave a squad update this afternoon ahead of the Sky Bet Championship fixture with Hull City at Kenilworth Road.

The Town boss revealed that Alfie Doughty's ankle injury suffered in the 1-0 win over Cardiff City will keep him out for "a number of weeks", but that centre-back Reece Burke is available to face his former club.

"We are looking healthy," said Rob. "Alfie is missing, he'll be out for a period of time, a number of weeks, but then we are not too far off. People are getting to a point now where we are having to make some decisions, which is really good."

On Burke's availability, he added: "He's fit and ready for selection, which is really positive."

Jordan Clark is also missing the Tigers clash serving a one-match suspension following his fifth yellow card of the season at Middlebrough.

But all of the Hatters internationals returned from duty with the countries without any injuries, with Marvelous Nakamba benefitting from playing two games for Zimbabwe although his early hours return on Thursday means "there is a decision for us to make" on his involvement, according to the manager.

Watch or listen to our game against Hull on LTFC+ this weekend!

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