Aiden McGeady and Kevin Nisbet Hibs injury update as Lee Johnson sets out return timeline for duo
dailyrecord.co.ukLee Johnson hopes a sweet and sour remedy will have Aiden McGeady back in the mix for Hibs before the World Cup break. The veteran winger has received sugar injections to help strengthen his damaged knee ligament.
But it’s the fact the 36-year-old is “as angry as ever” that convinces Johnson he’ll soon be able to call on the former Ireland international.
The Hibs boss has put a timescale of four to six weeks on getting the veteran winger back up to speed. But he’s urged fans to be patient with Kevin Nisbet who, despite returning to light training, is still some way off a playing comeback from the ACL rupture he sustained in March.
Summer signing McGeady hasn’t featured since aggravating an old medial ligament injury in a friendly against Norwich. And Johnson said: “Aiden's had three sugar injections which stiffens the ligament and makes it stronger.“What you then try and do is build up the tolerance levels and the mobility within the ligament, which he's doing.
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