Barnsley FC boss Michael Duff gives updates on Mads Andersen, Devante Cole and Callum Styles
The highly-influential defender, named in the EFL League One team of the year recently, missed the Reds' final two regular games of the season with an abductor issue.
Duff said: "He has got a chance. He still hasn't trained with the group yet, so it's going to be a late one.
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Hide Ad"But if we think he's got a chance, he's obviously a big part of what we want to do. But if he's not fit, he's not fit. No matter how much you want him to play, you can't make him fit.
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"A 50 per cent Mads Andersen is not as good as someone else who is 100 per cent.
"He's a big part of what we are and where we've been. It's an unfortunate time to get it, but hopefully, fingers crossed, he can come through it."
Devante Cole is a slight concern after picking up a knock in the final game of the regular season against Peterborough United on Sunday, but Duff expects him to be 'fine.'
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Hide AdHe continued: "There's a couple (of minor issues). Devante got a kick on Sunday and is another one.
"But it was more a kick than muscle injury or anything. He should be fine. We will assess him. We are two days out from a game, so 48 hours is a long time."
Meanwhile, Duff has confirmed that midfielder Callum Styles - who has technically now finished his season-long loan commitments with Millwall in 2022-23 after they missed out on the play-offs on Monday - will not be involved in his parent club's play-off plans.
Styles joined the Lions last summer. The Londoners have an option to purchase the player at the end of the current campaign.
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Hide AdDuff added: "Even if he was available, he has not been part of the group all season. We will see what happens in the summer.
"But there's been a lot of work gone on with this group in terms of patterns of play and jobs of organising with and without the ball and things like that. I don't think it would be fair on him (to be involved) - not that we (don’t) know he's a good player, he is.
"I think it would be unfair on the group. I don't know, contractually, where we are with that. I'm assuming - and I have not been told - that I would have if he was available."