Tom Cannon: Fit-again striker could make Leicester City debut at Middlesbrough
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Tom Cannon's only appearance this season came for Everton in the Premier League
Fit-again striker Tom Cannon could make his long-awaited Leicester City debut at Middlesbrough on Saturday.
The 20-year-old joined Leicester from Everton in September, and later revealed they did the deal knowing he had a stress fracture in his back.
Enzo Maresca, who has previously said Leicester see Cannon as a "long-term investment", now has the forward available after a week of training.
"He could be with us tomorrow, but not for the 90 minutes," Maresca said.
"Finally, he has been back for more or less a week, but after two and a half months you need time and you need to go day by day.
"He is fit and could be in the squad."
While Cannon is now poised to make his Foxes debut, the Leicester City manager told BBC Radio Leicester that both Yunus Akgun and Wilfred Ndidi will miss the trip to the Riverside.
Maresca expects both to be fit for a return after the upcoming international break, as is Dennis Praet, who has just returned to training.
The Championship leaders travel to Boro looking to bounce back from only their second league defeat of the season, having had their nine-game winning run in the competition ended by Leeds United.
When asked about getting a reaction from his players after that loss, Maresca said: "We always try when we win to improve and be better.
"It's exactly the same. If you want to call it a reaction, call it that. But we still work hard even when we're winning."