Beckford has scored 19 goals this season in all competitions

Leeds United manager Simon Grayson will not rush top scorer Jermaine Beckford back to action.

Beckford sat out the defeat by Carlisle at the weekend with a hamstring injury.

"He's coming along nicely - he's one of them you don't want to bring back too quickly and miss him for six, seven or eight weeks.

"I'd rather make sure he's 100% right and we've got a fit Jermaine Beckford from now until the end of the season," Grayson told BBC Radio Leeds.

The 19-goal frontman was substituted during the win at Stockport at the end of December having only from just returned from a similar injury.

He is back in training but Grayson does not want to risk aggravating the injury.

He said: "You need your best players fit and he's certainly one of them."

Defender Paul Huntington is also continuing his comeback in training after almost four months out with a succession of injuries.

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