Salech and Davies to return after international break
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Yousef Salech and Isaak Davies are set to return from injury after this month's international break to boost Cardiff City's promotion bid in League One.
Salech, the Bluebirds' top scorer this season, sustained a neck injury during the 1-1 draw with Stockport County on 24 January.
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Cardiff are also set to welcome Davies back into the fold next month after the Wales forward was concussed in the 3-0 win at Rotherham United on 7 February.
Brian Barry-Murphy's side are second in League One, five points behind leaders Lincoln City and 10 in front of Bolton Wanderers in third place.
The Welsh side host Blackpool on Saturday (12:30 GMT) and, after the international fixtures, their next game will be at Peterborough United on 6 April.
"I think our squad's in a pretty good place," said Barry-Murphy. "Yousef Salech and Isaak Davies will be back after the international break.
"Everybody else seemed OK after the game on Tuesday."
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Cardiff were beaten 2-0 at home by Wycombe Wanderers on Tuesday, with Gabriel Osho's first-half red card proving costly as they lost ground to their promotion rivals.
The return of Salech will be particularly significant, as he already has 12 league goals this season.
"It's a big boost for him and his team-mates and friends, of which he has so many in the squad, because it was such a serious injury," Barry-Murphy added.
"I think in the immediate aftermath of that, the questions about timescale were so difficult to say because how severe an injury it was.
"To see him come back and make such good progress in the past week or 10 days, he looks like he's ready to go back into training.
"Then after the international break he'll hopefully get more volume of training with us and give himself a chance to be involved with the squad."
Barry-Murphy is still not sure exactly when Salech will be back, but suggested there was a chance he could return for the trip to Peterborough.
"It's hard to say a particular game, but if he does come into full training during the international break then he should be available after it," said the Irishman.
"The big news post-injury was there were no fractures anywhere, but you still had severe damage to his ligaments in his neck, and in his back and then some issues in his chest.
"So it was just about getting used to the day-by-day testing of that. To see how quickly he can move forward has been the biggest challenge for our medical staff because we've never had that injury before.
"But he's now making really good progress where he's not feeling any issue whatsoever."