Davis says he has options if Osman deemed unfit

due to suspension, Crewe are short of midfield bodies, but boss Steve Davis remains hopeful that Osman will declare himself fit and available to travel. The club will continue to wait on the fitness of Abdul Osman before deciding whether to venture back into the loan market for an alternative in midfield. Osman was forced off during the 1-1 draw with Leyton Orient to be replaced by youngster Ollie Turton. With Chucks Aneke ruled out for Saturday’s trip to MK Dons

Steve told the club’s official web-site: “We will continue to assess and monitor Abdul before deciding on what we will do. I do have some players in mind that we could move on and I will make those calls today to cover ourselves there.

five forwards available again.” “We do have some coming back to training, so we don’t have to do anything drastic. We were offered a centre forward this morning who would have interested us but with Pogba and Aneke back after Saturday, we will have four or