Reid aims for pre-season return

STEVEN REID is aiming to be back before the start of next season after the “hammer blow” of rupturing a cruciate ligament.

He suffered the injury in training on Friday just as he was close to returning from a back injury.

He said: “The last couple of years has probably been probably the best time of my career, so this season was going to be massive for me. It started badly with my back injury and then you get a hammer blow like this. But there is no good moping, you need to crack on with pre-season in mind and hopefully I’ll be back for then.”