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title: "Sakho returns to training with the first team"
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# Sakho returns to training with the first team

Crystal Palace defender Mamadou Sakho has returned to training with the first-team squad, as reported on the [club’s official website.](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2020/february/gallery-mamadou-sakho-training-pre-brighton-v-crystal-palace/)

As reported on the [Daily Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7848871/Hodgson-confirms-Sakho-latest-Crystal-Palace-star-head-treatment-table.html), Sakho has been out of action since suffering a hamstring injury against Norwich City on New Year’s Day.

However, the Frenchman is back on the training pitch and [trained this week](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2020/february/gallery-mamadou-sakho-training-pre-brighton-v-crystal-palace/)with the first-team, indicating that he is close to making his return to action.

### READ CRYSTAL PALACE VERDICT

Sakho’s return to training is a timely boost for Palace, who face rivals Brighton and Hove Albion this weekend.

However, we believe that the match may come too soon for the towering centre-back, although there may be space for a spot for him on the bench for the clash.

The former Liverpool defender is a very important figure for the Eagles, proven by the fact that the team has only lost one of the eight league matches that he has played in this season ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mamadou-sakho/leistungsdaten/spieler/47713)).

His return is also a boost because it will provide manager Roy Hodgson with another defensive option after [James Tomkins was ruled out for a few weeks](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2020/february/roy-hodgson-james-tomkins-injury-update-crystal-palace-v-everton/)with the injury that he suffered during the 3-1 defeat to Everton before the winter break.