Gillingham midfielder Tim Dieng back in full training while Jonny Williams starts to look the part | Updates on Robbie McKenzie and Oli Hawkins

Gillingham have a key player back training after injury - but this weekend could be too soon for a return.

Midfielder Tim Dieng hasn’t played since early september, suffering a knee injury after a foul from Grimsby’s Danny Amos in the final seconds of the match at Blundell Park.

Dieng, 31, moved to the Gills in January from Exeter and was expected to play a big part of the promotion push this term.

He’s now back in full training, free from injury and only in need of upping his match fitness.

Interim manager Keith Millen said: “Medically he is fine and it’s about getting him some fitness now and up to speed.

“The injury has cleared up, he has been in full contact training, he is just missing match fitness. There is no risk factor now but he has missed a lot of games and it is about getting his match fitness up.”

If Dieng isn’t involved with the first team immediately, there is an EFL Trophy match coming up against Fulham under-21s next Tuesday (November 7) and a B Team fixture pencilled in against West Ham.

Millen said: “I think it will be a case of getting him some minutes as a sub and keep building up his fitness in training.”

The interim manager started out with numerous injury issues to deal with but many of those problems are clearing up.

He said: “We are getting players slowly back, but we are a little bit short of options in the front areas at the moment.

“We have to be a little bit creative maybe in the likes of Jonny Williams, who has been really good in the last few games, and George Lapsplie who has come back now and is fully fit. It gives us a different creative option, we have players back and it would be nice to get a few more.”

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