Roy Hodgson has provided a fitness update on five Crystal Palace players, offering positive news on the injury status of Mamadou Sakho, Jeffrey Schlupp and Cheikhou Kouyate.
The Palace manager said: "It’s getting better gradually. Certainly Mamadou Sakho has returned to training this week, Jeffrey Schlupp is basically just about to return to training.
"We've also had Luka back in training although the illness he had debilitated him in some ways but he's back in training too. The only person who hasn't trained is James Tomkins - he's still recovering. It's quite fantastic given the situation we had not so long ago.