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title: "Scott Dann not set for September return"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Daniel Emery"
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published: "2018-09-05T12:35:03Z"
modified: "2018-09-05T12:35:03Z"
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# Scott Dann not set for September return

Crystal Palace defender Scott Dann will not be making a return to first-team action in September.

Dann has been out with a serious knee injury since New Year’s Eve last year, where he was stretchered off against Manchester City.

The 31-year-old is beginning to return to full training with Palace but Roy Hodgson says that he is not expected to be back in the first-team fold until October.

[Speaking to The Examiner,](https://www.examiner.co.uk/sport/football/news/crystal-palace-defender-scott-dann-15113599) Hodgson said this:

> He’s not very close. He won’t be playing in the under 23 games in the coming week.

![Catherine Ivill/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readcrystalpalace.com/readcrystalpalace/sites/17/2018/09/900019912.jpg)

> Scott is making excellent progress, but it was a serious injury and he is not due to be back before the end of September, the start of October.

James Tomkins and Mamadou Sakho have been Hodgson’s preferred centre-back partnership, with both impressing at the heart of the defence.

Martin Kelly has also filled in at centre-back when needed, as he did against Southampton last week.

Palace face Huddersfield Town away from home after the international break, with Dann firmly ruled out.