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Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce has been handed a timely fitness boost ahead of Saturday’s trip to Wigan Athletic.

Talented teen Andre Green has got his boots back on and has taken to the Bodymoor Heath training fields.

The winger picked up a hamstring injury in the 2-0 win against Bristol City at Villa Park last month during one of his best performances in claret and blue to date.

And Bruce will now be hoping that the 18-year-old is fit enough to play some part against the Latics at the weekend.

The manager has seen his squad depleted by injuries in recent weeks and lost Henri Lansbury and Nathan Baker before and during last week’s win over Sheffield Wednesday.

Scott Hogan, Jack Grealish, Birkir Bjarnason, Gabby Agbonlahor, Rushian Hepburn-Murphy, Ritchie De Laet and Libor Kozak are the others currently on the treatment table, while Leandro Bacuna is suspended.