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Here is your moment – Steven Gerrard hopes Aston Villa fringe players step up

Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard has challenged his fringe players to make the most of the opportunity presented by injuries and prove why they should be in the team on a regular basis.

Already without defender Diego Carlos because of a ruptured Achilles, Gerrard is now facing up to fellow summer recruit Boubacar Kamara being missing until after the World Cup with a knee injury.

Gerrard’s options have been further depleted by the news full-back Lucas Digne, who had been playing through a heel problem, will need an unspecified period of rehabilitation.

There was at least some positive news, with 20-year-old forward Cameron Archer available for Sunday’s trip to Leeds after shaking off an adductor muscle strain and Matty Cash should return to training next week as he steps up his recovery from a hamstring issue.

While losing key members of the side is far from ideal, Gerrard hopes it will also present the chance for others to come in and lay down a marker for the rest of the campaign.

“You know you are going to have stages of the season where you get an injury or a couple at the same time, so we have tried to build a squad to be prepared for these situations,” Gerrard said.

“But, for me, I get a lot of people knocking on my door – at times they are frustrated, at times they don’t see that they are very close to an opportunity.

“And now, it’s like, ‘go on then, here is your time, here is your moment, back up what you have said when you have knocked on my door’.

“There will be opportunities for those players and I am looking forward to seeing how they play.”

Villa travel to Elland Road on the back of a three-match unbeaten run, which also included a creditable draw against Manchester City at the start of September.

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