McDonald injured his foot playing against Calais in pre-season

Gillingham manager Andy Hessenthaler says that striker Cody McDonald is getting increasingly frustrated by his injury problems.

The 24-year-old arrived on loan at Priestfield from Norwich in the summer but sustained a foot injury during a pre-season friendly in France.

"He's really frustrated - he's chomping at the bit to get back training," Hessenthaler told BBC Radio Kent.

"But we've got to be careful that he doesn't get a setback."

The manager continued: "We've got to make sure he's right and I believe next week will be the start of good things - we'll get him back on the training ground.

"Hopefully by the Morecambe game we'll have a bigger squad to choose from.

"That week we've also got the Johnstone's Paint Trophy as well so with three games in a week that could game could be a good run out for Cody."

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