An ankle injury kept Worley out for three months earlier in the season

Crewe boss Dario Gradi is expecting on-loan Leicester defender Harry Worley to be an able replacement for injured skipper Mat Mitchel-King.

The 21-year-old will come in for Mitchel-King, who has suffered ankle ligament damage, for the game against Bournemouth on Saturday.

"He's got a lot of potential, we've just got to polish him I think," Gradi told BBC Radio Stoke.

"He's got lots of raw ability, he just need to make better decisions."

Worley has made 13 appearances since joining the Alex in August, but was forced to miss three months of action because of an ankle injury.

He told BBC Radio Stoke that his return to the team is not in ideal circumstances.

"Obviously you want to get back into the team on merit, but if I'm back in the team because of an injury, then so be it," said Worley.

"If they didn't rate me here, they wouldn't have wanted me to sign until the end of the season. Now obviously I've got to stake a claim for a place in the team."

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