Edman set to return

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Erik Edman is ready to hand Wigan a boost and return from injury.

The Wigan full-back has played just five games for the club after he damaged knee ligaments last season.

Now he is back in training and the 29-year-old is hoping to be back in action next month.

"Erik is right on course as far as his recovery is concerned," Latics assistant manager Eric Black told the Evening Post.

"I have never seen anyone quite so professional in their determination to recover from an injury.

"He has been diligent throughout his rehabilitation.

"It's been a difficult time for him, with a lot of lonely training sessions for the last six or seven months, doing boring repetitive exercises and stretches.

"But Erik has done that without complaining and deserves a lot of credit. Already he's done a bit of training with the main group and was moving fine in those sessions.

"What we've been doing is letting him train and then taking him out for four or five days to let things settle down.

"When he plays in the reserves all depends on how he does when he rejoins the squad again for more training sessions. I would imagine he'll be ready for the reserves quite soon.

"When he got the injury we said it would probably be late October when he was back, so we're not far off with that estimate."