Huddersfield Town boss provides updates on Antony Evans, Joe Low, Murray Wallace, Marcus McGuane and Jack Whatmough

The international break has afforded injury-hit Town some valuable time to boost the fitness levels of players before their return to action weekend.

Anthony Evans, yet to feature so far this term due to a knee issue, returned to training on Wednesday, while Joe Low and Murray Wallace were back with their team-mates on Monday.

But Marcus McGuane (groin), who hasn't featured since mid-August, has suffered a slight relapse. Defender Jack Whatmough (calf) is also still some weeks away.

Providing a full injury update, Grant, who saw Leo Castledine and Lynden Gooch make welcome returns from the bench following injury in Town's game with Plymouth Argyle last time out, said: "Leo - even though he put his hand up to be on the bench and came on and got minutes for us which was superb (against Plymouth) - is available (for full selection) now and had a week's training under his belt.

"Lynden is the same and Murray Wallace has been with us in training all week, so great. Joe Low has been with us training all week, so that's fantastic news for him. So that's really positive.

"Anthony Evans has managed to be on the grass with us today, so it's brilliant news for Anthony and brilliant news for the group because we've been missing him since pre-season and that's a terrible loss for all of us and for him, of course.

"David Kasumu is working hard and everything needs to tick off in terms of rehab, so he's close. Close enough for Saturday or not? I'm not sure just yet.

"It's another day or so, so we'll see on that one. But there's some positive news there, so that's really good. And I have to say, it's light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to that long list."

Tempering developments with an update on McGuane and Whatmough, he added: "Marcus has had a little bit of a setback.

"We're not back to square one or anything drastic like that. But he has had a setback in terms of a slight soft tissue injury that will perhaps add a week or a couple of weeks on to where he wanted to be. So (there's) some frustration for him personally.

"But in terms of the bigger picture for Marcus, he is still heading in the right direction and he's working incredibly hard. I know that because I'm seeing it first hand. And then obviously, I had a really good chat with Marcus yesterday, in fact.

"And (it's) really similar with Jack, he's bang on course and he's obviously in constant contact with specialists and he's doing everything he can to leave no stone unturned, really, in terms of being back as soon as we can.

"But, yes, we're still weeks away from seeing Jack back with us."