Latest on Birmingham City loanee and others ahead of Blackpool's trip to Rotherham United

Blackpool are hopeful that Emil Hansson could play some part of their midweek meeting with Rotherham United.

The Birmingham City loanee was forced off at half time in the Seasiders’ 4-1 victory over Carlisle United in the second round of the FA Cup on Sunday evening.

After a quiet start to the game, the 27-year-old had found a bit of life after assisting Ashley Fletcher’s first goal of the night, but was replaced by Lee Evans at the break due to a minor calf concern.

Since making the temporary move to the Fylde Coast in the summer, Hansson has featured 24 times in total, and has recently been moved into a more central role by head coach Ian Evatt after initially being signed as a winger.

Ahead of Blackpool’s Wednesday night trip to the New York Stadium, the Blackpool boss provided an update on the Scandinavian midfielder.

“He doesn’t require a scan - he’s had some issues with that calf in the past so it was more a precaution than anything else,” he explained.

“He’s a little bit stiff and tight but we don’t think there’s an issue there. Hopefully it will settle again, and he’ll be fine to train on Tuesday and be a part of Wednesday.”

Latest on Taylor

For the victory over Carlisle, both Josh Bowler and Danny Imray were able to make their returns from injury off the bench, while Albie Morgan was also deemed fit enough to be named among the substitutes.

Elsewhere, summer signing Dale Taylor has also returned to full training this week after spending the last two months on the sidelines with a hamstring injury.

“Dale has trained fine today,” Evatt added in his press conference on Monday.

“He’s back available. A decision for Rotherham hasn’t been made yet, so we will monitor him and go from there.

“He’s a player I’m aware of because I’ve coached against teams he’s been involved with in the past. He was a big money signing for us so that carries some expectation. We need our best players fit and he’s certainly one of those.

“I’m looking forward to working with him. He’s a player that has a skillset that suits what I want to do, and what the team looks like. Hopefully he’ll have a clear path and stay fit.

“From Sunday, we have one or two bumps and bruises, so we will monitor those, but it’s nothing significant we don’t think. The squad is getting stronger all of the time now, so it’s just about how we get those guys up to speed as quickly as we can without risking breaking them and making sure they’re ready to do themselves justice.”

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