Clear update on when Sheffield Wednesday fans can expect return of Callum Paterson and others

The Scotland international has not played since a Boxing Day defeat at Coventry City saw him miss out initially through concussion protocol before a decision was made to undertake surgery on his knee. He has missed out on involvement at Middlewood Road this week through illness but will scale up his rehabilitation on his return.

Unlike Josh Windass and Kristian Pedersen, who the club have hopes will make a return to match action soon after the forthcoming international break, Paterson's injury will take a little time but Owls boss Danny Röhl suggested he is likely to play a part in the final weeks of their survival hunt.

Röhl told The Star: "This week it's a pity that he is a little bit ill, but all in all he is in the right way and he is getting closer. At first I expected him a little bit later, maybe in the April. But now we have spoken about maybe end of March or the start of April (back in training) and this is great to know.