“I know what he can do. I saw him at his height at Leyton Orient’

Ruel Sotiriou could be competing for a place back in the Chesterfield squad before the end of the month.

The summer signing hasn’t been seen since the opening two matches of the season against Fleetwood Town in August due to a calf injury.

Sotiriou is now back training properly with the senior group.

Assistant manager Danny Webb told the Derbyshire Times: “Maybe the next two games will be a bit too soon but I think this time next week he will be looking to get involved for the next game (Shrewsbury Town at home on November 21).”

Webb knows Sotiriou, still only 26, from his time at Leyton Orient, for whom he scored nearly 40 goals in all competitions and won a promotion from League Two before Bristol Rovers paid a fee for him a couple of years ago.

With his involvement there reducing, he went to play in Israel at the start of this year but returned to England in the summer to get his career moving again with Chesterfield.

“I know what he can do,” added Webb. “I saw him at his height at Leyton Orient. Our supporters haven’t seen it yet. I think that’s fair to say so hopefully he can show them what he can do because we have a player on our hands if he turns up.”