{"id":366248,"date":"2011-04-04T13:15:50","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T13:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/04\/dann-targets-return-next-season\/"},"modified":"2011-04-04T13:15:50","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T13:15:50","slug":"dann-targets-return-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/04\/dann-targets-return-next-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Dann targets return next season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"78.842743817079\">\n                    <span><br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/b07e9c7d995925_dann.jpg.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"282\" alt=\"Scott Dann\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    Dann made 25 appearances for City this season before his injury<br \/>\n  <\/span><br \/>\n<!-- empty related-stories for Wide -->                      <\/p>\n<p>Birmingham defender Scott Dann has admitted he is unlikely to return to action from a torn hamstring before the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old picked up the injury in the 2-1 Carling Cup semi-final first-leg defeat at West Ham on 11 January.<\/p>\n<p>He is due to step up his rehabilitation in the next few days with a view to returning to full training next month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All being well, I will be training before the end of the season, but it may be too soon to play,&#8221; said Dann.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s going well at the minute. I am in the gym doing a lot of strengthening work, building my muscles back up, and I hope to start running next week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the longest I have been out but it has gone quicker than I thought it was going to.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The physios have helped me a lot and it&#8217;s about getting it right from now on and not rushing and making sure I come back stronger.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"27.551569506726\">\n           <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/football\/12954858.stm#skip_feature_02\">Continue reading the main story<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"7\">\n<p>When you have been out for so long, you need to train for a couple of weeks then get your match fitness back. In the position we are in the players need to be right on their mettle<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\t<span>Scott Dann<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;If everything goes to plan I will be back training in early May. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But, when you have been out for so long, you need to train for a couple of weeks then get your match fitness back. In the position we are in the players need to be right on their mettle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The loss of Dann, who has formed an impressive partnership with Roger Johnson at the heart of the Birmingham defence since joining from Coventry in June 2009, was a big blow to the Midlands club.<\/p>\n<p>In Dann&#8217;s absence Czech international defender Martin Jiranek has stepped in and earned praise for his performances from City boss Alex McLeish.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old signed a one-year deal at St Andrews when moving from Spartak Moscow in the summer but has decided to put talks over a new deal on hold until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would prefer not to discuss it at the moment because I would like to concentrate on the remaining fixtures and we still have some difficult games to play,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When the season is finished, we can come back to the subject.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/b07e9c7d995925_dann.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The rest is here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/12954858.stm\" title=\"Dann targets return next season\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dann targets return next season<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Dann made 25 appearances for City this season before his injury Birmingham defender Scott Dann has admitted he is unlikely to return to action from a torn hamstring before the end of the season. 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