Burnley manager Scott Parker has hailed the return of Bafana Bafana striker Lyle Foster ahead of their final Championship game of the year.
The South African made his first appearance since October when he came off the bench for the Clarets on Boxing Day against Sheffield United.
Burnley have been dealing with a lot of injuries in recent months but will now have last season's top scorer back and raring to go for the final game of the year against Middlesbrough.
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"It's very key for us," Parker said, as per Burnley Express.
"We've been struggling with injuries over the last few months and we have a lot of attacking players missing in particular, so I'm pleased to have Lyle back and give him some minutes.
"He brings a different quality to the strikers we have already. He's a different profile to what Zian [Flemming] is, as well as Andreas [Hountondji] and Jay Rod.
"We've seen Lyle's quality. I've been here for three or four months but he started the season very well and we now need to get him right back up to speed.
"He's been out for some time but he's had some good training with us, so we will get him up to speed to give us that extra bit of depth which we've needed.
"Whether it's off the bench or starting, it gives us options."