Michael Duff says Ben Kabango is in contention for Swansea City’s trip to Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.

The defender has missed the last three games with a hamstring injury but is now fit to travel to Ewood Park as the Swans look to bounce back from a second successive Championship defeat at Watford on Tuesday night.

It was a disappointing night against the Hornets and Swansea will have to be at their best against a Rovers team who have won three games in a row. Kabango’s return will be a welcome boost, although there are doubts about Mykola Kuharevich and Josh Key, both unbeaten in midweek.

“Ben Kabango will be thinking about it this weekend so that’s positive,” said Duff when asked about his team’s injury list. “Also, Myko [Kuharevich] and Josh [Key] Just touch it and that’s it. Whether they will be suitable or not, we will have to wait and see.

“Other than that, I don’t think there was anything left after Tuesday night. Harrison (Ashby) just had cramps. We felt like some guys looked a little tired on Tuesday night. But with the team so short, it is what it is.

“Long-term people are long-term. When you go under the knife, you don’t need to rush. The same happens with Woody (Nathan Wood). Azim is approaching. It was a muscle. for the season.”

The growing list of injuries has clearly made the task more difficult for Duff and his team, and he says his team is closely monitoring developments to see if anything can be done to try and minimize the risk of further fitness problems.

The club also plans to train at St George’s Park tomorrow ahead of the clash at Ewood Park to minimize fatigue on one of the longest days of the season.

“Everything is proven,” he added. “If you look at the injury list, Joe (Allen) has had this for two years. I needed surgery to fix this. Josh Ginnelly, with no one beside him, hits his foot and tears his Achilles tendon. Woody is a kick and Josh Ki is a kick.

“Myko just took a hit in training and felt his knee. It’s a muscle injury. Physiologists and sports scientists don’t like this because they can rely on fatigue or doing something else. It is monitored at all times.

“We have a lot of people in the medical department and trainers because we work with them in the way we train and how we structure the sessions. That’s why we do things like today and go to St. George’s Park to try to split the journey and try not to get those muscle injuries.

“But almost all the injuries we suffer are contact injuries. Unfortunately, this is a contact sport and nothing can be done about it.”

Meanwhile, Duff also said negotiations have begun over a new deal with striker Liam Cullen, who made his seventh debut for the club in Saturday’s defeat to the Hornets.

The Welsh striker’s contract expires this summer, although it is understood the club have the option of renewing it for a further 12 months. However, sporting director Paul Watson appears to have opened the first negotiations.

“I don’t really talk about it with the players,” he added. “I’ve had a conversation with him, but obviously it’s between Paul and the agent. I think they started a dialogue.

“But the fact that he starts every week shows that I consider him a good player. I don’t know many statistics about him from last year. But he has already had a good run of games.

“He’s had a couple of starts in a row and I’m not sure he’s ever done that before. He’s been fine. Last year was probably a big year for him and that’s how you consolidate and establish yourself in a team. There are many things he can work on.

“Of course he has quality because you don’t get into the Wales squad without quality. But he’s willing to work on other things and help us be successful.”