Dover Athletic manager Mitch Brundle plays down return of right-back Myles Judd as Whites host Hemel Hempstead Town in National League South

Former Dover right-back Myles Judd is set to make his first return to Crabble since his controversial summer exit.

Judd, Whites’ player-of-the-year last season, initially agreed to stay at Dover for this campaign – but U-turned in favour of a move to National League South rivals Hemel Hempstead in July.

But Brundle has played down the return of the 24-year-old this Saturday.

“That’s been and gone now,” he insisted. “He might get a reception from the home fans – but I’m not really that bothered.

“He’s one player out of 16 that they will pick from. We have got to get the better of 11 – not just one player.

“We know what Juddy is like. He’s a good player.

“I thought he was going to, maybe, have a chance to go a little bit higher because he had a great season for Dover.

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“But we can’t just focus on that.”

One player Whites have within their ranks these days is right-sided Roman Charles-Cook, who has been on international duty with Grenada.

He played the full game as they were beaten 4-1 by Jamaica in the CONCACAF Nations League last Friday and came through more than an hour in their 4-0 loss to Suriname in another Nations League encounter. Terry Connor – once in charge of Wolves – is the Grenada head coach.

Charles-Cook had been called into Grenada’s squad earlier in the season. While he wasn’t allowed to leave by Dover on that occasion, they were only too happy to allow him to join their camp this time.

Brundle, who should have Charles-Cook back by the weekend, enthused: “It’s absolutely brilliant for him.

“Playing for your country is, obviously, a massive honour. He didn’t go last time because we felt it was too late by the time they asked him to go and we needed him.

“But he deserves the