Aston Villa boss Robert de Pauw has been speaking to the media before Saturday’s Women’s Super League game against Brighton (kick-off 12:30 BST).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Anna Leat, Georgia Mullett and Jill Baijings are expected to start to training again in the next two weeks.
Villa are continuing to build up Gabi Nunes’ minutes in a “structured and sensible way”.
However, he added Nunes, who joined from Levante in the summer, made a “good impression” on her debut in the League Cup against Crystal Palace on Wednesday.
After seeing Everton’s two ACL injuries, De Pauw said “you cannot be careful enough”.
De Pauw said it is a “privilege” to work with experienced players like “go-getter” Rachel Daly and the “very driven” Jordan Nobbs.
