Middlesbrough's injury crisis in central defence is showing signs of easing ahead of their game with Oxford United on Saturday.
Rav van den Berg is back in training after a knee injury, although head coach Michael Carrick will still have to make a call on him before the game.
George Edmundson could return to training next week but Dael Fry's return from a calf injury is a little further away.
In the absence of these three and longer-term absentee Darragh Lenihan, left-back Neto Borges and midfielder Jonny Howson have played together at centre-half in the last two games.