Sheffield Wednesday set for double injury boost ahead of Championship run-in
Sheffield Wednesday manager Henrik Pedersen could welcome Olaf Kobacki and George Brown back into the fold for the Championship run-in.
Kobacki, who joined the Owls from Polish club Arka Gdynia in July 2024, has missed each of the last seven matches through injury. He suffered his latest blow ahead of the Steel City derby defeat to Sheffield United at Bramall Lane last month.
Just over a week earlier, the winger had produced arguably his best performance in a Wednesday shirt after being handed an unexpected start in the 2-1 defeat to Millwall at Hillsborough. Injuries have restricted him to just eight appearances in league and cup this season.
With that in mind, the 24-year-old, who is one of just a handful of senior players understood to have a contract beyond this summer, will be determined to make up for lost time as quickly as possible. And according to Pedersen, there is a very realistic chance of him featuring again before the end of the campaign.
“Olaf has been in Poland doing some rehab,” Pedersen told The Star. “He will be on the grass the coming five or six days and train a lot.
“So I hope he can train when we come back [after the international break].”
Pedersen is also hopeful he will soon recover striker Brown after a lengthy spell on the sidelines with a hamstring injury. Last featuring when Wednesday were beaten 3-1 by Ipswich Town at Portman Road on December 20, the youngster has missed the last 19 matches in league and cup.
Brown had only just recovered from an ankle injury that had sidelined him for almost two months, meaning this lengthy stint out injured means he, like Kobacki, will be determined to make up for lost time by storing some minutes under his belt before the end of the campaign.
“George, I hope he can train more or less when we come back,” added Pedersen. “He will also have a training programme like some of the other injured players next week.
“I still hope after the Leicester game that he can play the Under-21s and can be, after this, be integrated around the first team.”
Wednesday will resume their Championship campaign on the other side of the current pause with a trip to the bet365 Stadium to face Stoke City on Good Friday before hosting Leicester City at Hillsborough on Easter Monday.