Krystian Bielik has been ruled out until after the international break with a torn stomach muscle. The Birmingham City ace suffered the injury a week ago and interim boss Mark Venus isn’t expecting him to feature in any of Blues’ next three matches.
Bielik isn’t the only Blues player sidelined for this weekend’s crunch clash against Millwall. Blues will visit The Den for a relegation six-pointer without captain Dion Sanderson and long-term absentee Alfie Chang.
Sanderson will serve the second of a three-game ban for the red card he received against Southampton last weekend. Fellow centre-back Marc Roberts, however, could boost Blues’ back-line after returning to training on Thursday.
Giving an injury update, Venus said: “Krystian is injured until after the internationals. We reassess him after the internationals. Marc has trained today. We have to see how he reacts to training, hopefully he will train again tomorrow and he will hopefully be fit for selection. He is on the training ground so that’s good.”
