Taylor's Bradford currently lie 10th in League Two

Bradford City manager Peter Taylor says the Bantams could dip into the loan market after an injury to defender Steve Williams.

Williams suffered a hamstring strain in Saturday's 4-3 FA Cup defeat by Colchester, leaving City with just two fit centre-backs.

Taylor told BBC Radio Leeds: "We might have to look at another loanee, but will wait on see how Steve is.

"We only have Zesh Rehman and Luke Oliver as centre-backs now."

Fellow centre-half Shane Duff remains on the sidelines, while Oliver Gill and Reece Brown, who were on loan at Valley Parade, have now returned to Manchester United.

Meanwhile, winger Omar Daly is an early doubt for next Saturday's League Two trip to Wycombe with the hamstring problem that kept him out of the defeat at Colchester.

"He is a doubt for next week, which is a blow for us," said Taylor. "We just have to be patient with him because he keeps feeling it and we know it could go badly, which would put him out for a long time.

"Because he has missed a lot of football we have to be careful not to rush him back to playing 90 minutes of football too many times. We need to make sure he is OK."

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