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title: "Grealish expected to be back in time for Sheffield United clash"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Sam Brown"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2019-01-15T15:19:36Z"
modified: "2019-01-15T15:45:01Z"
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# Grealish expected to be back in time for Sheffield United clash

Jack Grealish is expected to be back in action for Aston Villa next month, [according to the Daily Mirror.](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/jack-grealish-injury-latest-aston-13859377)

The midfielder has been absent since picking up a shin injury against West Brom in December and has been kept away from football since then.

Having recently spent a week in Dubai to recover, Grealish watched his side once again fail to record a positive result.

Missing seven matches now, Villa have won just once without their talisman.

![Gareth Copley/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readastonvilla.com/readastonvilla/2019/01/1069459950.jpg)

Back up and running again, it will, however, take some time for the 23-year-old to be fighting fit again.

Expected to miss the encounters with Hull, Ipswich, and Reading, the Birmingham-native is tipped to return to first team action against Sheffield United.

In what could be a crucial game in Villa’s faint-looking title hopes, manager Dean Smith will welcome the playmaker back with open arms.

When quizzed on the issue, the Mirror quote Smith as having said:

> Hopefully it’ll be sooner rather than later.