Blackburn manager Valerien Ismael expects Moussa Baradji to make his debut after the next international break in November.
Blackburn manager Valerien Ismael expects Moussa Baradji to make his debut after the next international break in November.
Baradji moved on loan from Swiss club Yverdon-Sport to Blackburn in the summer, where he immediately underwent surgery for a pre-existing injury.
The 24-year-old is yet to make an appearance for Rovers, but it is just "a question of time" before he is back out on the pitch, Ismael said.
"In the long run everyone will enjoy him, the fans will enjoy him, the club will enjoy him - he just needs time now to come back and be ready to compete in the Championship," Ismael told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"Especially when you see the schedule after the next international break. We will need everyone, but it will be our job to prepare him and to give him the time to come back and to get him on the pitch."
Meanwhile, Ismael said they may have to "manage" Hayden Carter when he returns from injury.
"The main thing for a player is to get the consistency," Ismael added.
"If you train with consistency, you play with consistency, you create that momentum in your performance and then you can compete.
"Hayden has got everything to play as a high-level centre-back. But it is very important for him to find a way to assess everything in his life both on the pitch and off the the pitch and to make sure he is taking the right decisions.
"If you have to change something, change it.
"So, hopefully now when he comes back he will be able to get some more consistency, but it is clear that we will manage him much more than we did in the past, because we thought he was stable enough to sustain effort."
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