Sukur close to debut
Last updated : 14 February 2003 By FootyMAD
Sukur signed for Blackburn in November but is yet to make a first team appearance after breaking a leg in training and undergoing a double hernia operation.
However, the Turkish international has returned to training and Rover's boss Graeme Souness is targeting a debut for Sukur against Manchester City on March 1st.
"He's been given the go-ahead to step up his training so we'll see how he goes," Souness told the Lancashire Evening Telegraph.
"If things go well then he could be in the frame for Manchester City.
"He's been doing some running and I imagine he'll be starting to kick a ball again at some point early next week.
"But he's been working his socks off and he's really impressed everyone with the amount of work he has put in."
