Ter Avest suffers setback to miss out on Baggies trip

Oxford United boss Gary Rowett has confirmed that right-back Hidde ter Avest is likely to miss out until after the international break.

The Dutchman has not featured for the side since playing 90 minutes in their 2-2 draw with Coventry City in August.

"Hidde has had a couple of little minor setbacks that have made it so it's difficult for him to be available," Rowett told BBC Radio Oxford.

"He was close to potentially being available for last Saturday, had to take a step back and therefore is probably in the same position for this Saturday.

"Hopefully over the international break, we can get enough training into him. When you look at those players we are down, we are down to some positions where we've only got one player.

"Maybe I might have to turn one of our forwards into an attacking full-back, that might solve our problems. We've got plenty of those."

Oxford next face a floundering West Bromwich Albion side at the Hawthorns on Saturday (15:00 GMT).

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