Nigel Pearson: 'Matthew Upson closing in on return'

Nigel Pearson confirms that Leicester City defender is likely to play for the club's under-21 side as he edges closer to returning from a foot injury.

By Callum Mulvihill, Reporter | 21 November 2014

Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson has claimed that Matthew Upson could return to action next week.

Upson joined the Foxes in the summer on a free transfer after leaving Brighton & Hove Albion, but he has been forced to wait for his debut due to a foot injury.

However, the England international has been back training with the first-team squad, and could make an appearance in Monday's Under-21s match against Benfica.

"Matt is training very well at the moment but hopefully he will play some part of a game next week, possibly," Pearson told reporters. "He is making good progress."

Leicester, who are currently 18th in the Premier League, host Sunderland on Saturday afternoon.

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2	Ipswich Town Ipswich	45	27	12	6	90	57	33	93
3	Leeds United Leeds	45	27	9	9	80	41	39	90
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6	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	45	20	12	13	67	47	20	72
7	Hull City	45	19	13	13	68	59	9	70
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10	Preston North End Preston	45	18	9	18	56	64	-8	63
11	Bristol City	45	17	11	17	53	47	6	62
12	Cardiff City Cardiff	45	19	5	21	51	65	-14	62
13	Swansea City Swansea	45	15	12	18	59	64	-5	57
14	Watford	45	13	17	15	60	58	2	56
15	Sunderland	45	16	8	21	52	52	0	56
16	Millwall	45	15	11	19	44	55	-11	56
17	Queens Park Rangers QPR	45	14	11	20	45	57	-12	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	45	14	11	20	45	60	-15	53
19	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	45	13	11	21	58	74	-16	50
20	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	45	14	8	23	42	68	-26	50
21	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	45	12	12	21	58	70	-12	48
22	Birmingham City Birmingham	45	12	11	22	49	65	-16	47
23	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	45	9	18	18	48	75	-27	45
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