Hull forward Belloumi ready to return from injury

Hull City will have forward Mohamed Belloumi in their squad for Tuesday's Championship match at promotion rivals Wrexham.

The 23-year-old has not played since sustaining a hamstring injury in the Tigers Boxing Day draw at Sheffield Wednesday but assistant boss Dean Holden is relieved to have him back available.

"He's a top player and we've not had him fit enough for long enough this season," Holden told BBC Radio Humberside.

"He's been out since Boxing Day and not had a great deal of training so we'll need to be careful in terms of minutes [we give him] but he's worked really hard in his rehabilitation and has been wanting to get involved."

Fifth-placed Hull suffered a second successive league defeat when beaten 3-1 at home by Millwall on Saturday and are now only three points above Wrexham who are sixth.

"We're getting to the stage of the season where there probably have to be some risks taken but equally we need to mitigate the risk int terms of minutes [for Belloumi], but it's a huge bonus to have him back around it," added Holden.

"He's looked good in training and certainly if we need him he'll be there."

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