'Yes' - Brighton confirm another injury boost for Fulham trip
Fulham vs Brighton in the Premier League from Craven Cottage - Saturday, 3pm
Brighton received an injury boost ahead of Saturday's Premier League trip to Fulham.
The Seagulls have suffered with injury and illness of late and Maxium De Cuyper had been ruled out with a virus.
"Maxim De Cuyper will be back," said Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler.
"We have survived this phase with players who were sick and ill. Overall we are quite good on availability [ahead of Fulham]."
De Cuyper will be now be an option down the left flank and can operate at left back or on the left wing.
Right back Mats Wieffer remains sidelined with a toe injury an injury that kept Ferdi Kadioglu out for most of last season.
“It's not the same,” said Hurzeler. “So it's in the same area but it's definitely not the same injury and we see improvement regarding his health and now we try to get him back on the pitch but it's definitely not the same and I hope that he will be back soon.”
Meanwhile, Yankuba Minteh will be assessed ahead of Fulham. The Gambian winger impressed from the bench against Bournemouth but may not be fit enough to start at Craven Cottage.
“Yeah, that's for example one player we need to manage,” Hurzeler added.
“We don't know if he's able to start or not start. He came back after a small issue so it's definitely someone we need to manage at the moment and therefore that's a good example what I meant, with the individual players who are not on the highest level and that's what we have to work on and we have to get them back on track.”
Solly March getting closer
Solly March (knee), Adam Webster (knee) and Stefanos Tzimas (knee) are the long term absentees.
March is however getting closer. “He's back in training, he trained yesterday with the first team,” Hurzeler confirmed.
“He made a great appearance, he looked quite sharp so we're all quite happy.
“But now it's very important that we don't immediately put pressure on him, that we don't write he's back in one week.
“ I think this needs time, we need to go step by step and then we all know that Solly is a player from Brighton, he has a big history for this club and he can be a big player for us also this season, but let's be patient.”