Meanwhile, striker Rabiu Baita will be out of action for at least six weeks after suffering a leg fracture during the Super Eagles' World Cup qualifier against Angola last Sunday.

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The Fulham midfielder has suffered ill-affects of a previous stress fracture and is set to miss Wales' 2010 World Cup qualifier in Azerbaijan on 6 June.

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Bortolami is expected to return next month after suffering a double fracture of the left eye socket playing for his club in the Heineken Cup.

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England World Cup midfielder Cole, 25, has been sidelined since November following surgery on a stress fracture of the foot.

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