Sheffield Wednesday could have Sean Fusire back available for Thursday’s game against Preston North End.

Fusire has played 21 times for the Owls across all competitions this season, including 18 outings in the Championship. Most of them came after being returned to the right wingback spot that he spent much of his youth career, and he’s caught the eye with some impressive performances along the way.

And it wasn’t just domestically that he turned heads, either, with the 20-year-old making his international debut for Zimbabwe and getting the nod to be part of Mario Marinica’s squad for the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. Sadly for him, though, his tournament has now come to an end after the Warriors were knocked out on Monday night, meaning that Fusire will now head back to Middlewood Road in the coming days.

Sean Fusire will return to Sheffield Wednesday

A big disappointment for the youngster will be the fact that injury kept him out of the opening game defeat against Egypt, and he wasn’t able to get on the field in the games against Angola or South Africa, either. Defeat to the latter on Monday meant that his nation finished bottom of their group, and now exit the competition at the first hurdle.

Fusire is likely to be the only one of the Owls’ two AFCON participants heading home, though, with Yan Valery and Tunisia on the brink of progressing into the knockout stages of the competition tomorrow. The Eagles of Carthage need just a draw against Tanzania in order to book their spot, but are odds on favourites to take all three points in Rabat.

Wednesday face Blackburn Rovers tonight as they look to try and end 2025 on a high, and it remains to be seen whether Fusire will be thrown straight back in on Thursday afternoon over at Deepdale.