The South Korea winger joins up with his international team-mates for a training camp after the Barclays Premier League clash at the Reebok Stadium.

Israel defender Tamir Cohen has been given compassionate leave to visit his father Avi, the former Liverpool player, who was involved in a road accident earlier this week.

Midfielder Mark Davies is available again after suspension but manager Owen Coyle is otherwise likely to have an unchanged squad. Joey O'Brien, Sean Davis, Ricardo Gardner and Jlloyd Samuel are all still sidelined.

Provisional squad: Jaaskelainen, Bogdan, Cahill, Steinsson, Knight, Robinson, Lee, Holden, Muamba, Petrov, K Davies, Elmander, Blake, Taylor, Klasnic, Ricketts, Alonso, Moreno, M Davies.