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Gillingham are close to having most of their injured players back available and an intensive week away could ensure Bradley Dack’s one of those.

Dack’s only played 15 minutes of league football for the Gills since his summer return as he’s struggled to get fit. He’s been training on the grass at Beechings Cross over the last few days but will hope to step up his work further when he spends a week at St George’s Park.

The English Football Association's national football centre will provide Dack, 30, a top environment under specialist supervision as he looks to put himself in shape to help Gillingham’s promotion push in League 2 this season.

He’s hoping to enjoy the latter stages of his career having struggled with injuries in recent years, having twice suffered anterior cruciate ligament injuries, once in each knee.

Gills boss Mark Bonner welcomed the news, saying: “He's going for a week of intensive work there, which is excellent. It’s a bit of a provision that the PFA provide for long-term injured players.

“He can go there and work with amazing facilities, almost one-to-one for a week, so that will be great.

“Hopefully off the back of that week, we can start to really get him into training.”

Bonner expects to have Ethan Coleman back this weekend for the visit of league leaders Port Vale. The midfielder missed the FA Cup game last Saturday with a knee injury.

Others aren’t going to be too far behind. The Gills could have a free weekend coming up, as the Walsall game scheduled for November 16 may well be postponed due to international call-ups for the West Midlands side.

Their goalkeeper Tommy Simkin is an England under-20 stopper while they have a couple of players who represent Montserrat and another who plays for