Tuanzebe has played just six minutes of Premier League football since the start of October due to injury, while Rojo has not featured since November.

The duo do not appear close to an immediate comeback, but there is more positive news regarding the four other defenders after Ole confirmed they could soon return to first-team action.



“Axel had a setback but he’s working his way towards fitness,” the boss told us. “Eric and Tim are fit and available.



“Luke is on the training pitch today [Friday] to see how he is. He’s been ill and he’s had a little issue. Diogo is back and Marcos is still not ready. He had a bad calf injury that took longer than we expected.”