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Manchester City manager Gareth Taylor says midfielder Jill Roord will return to the squad for Sunday’s Women’s Super League (WSL) match against Brighton and Hove Albion, eight months on from suffering an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury.
Roord is back in full training after being sidelined since City’s Continental Cup group-stage victory over Manchester United at the end of January.
Recovery from an ACL injury and returning to action can typically take between six months to over a year, and while the 27-year-old will not feature during Thursday’s Champions League…