Injured midfielder Luciano Civelli has set himself a target of a return to playing football before Christmas. The Argentinian has been out of action since damaging knee ligaments in the home game with Burnley back in March.
The 22-year-old told the club site: "I am running every day and feel happy with the progress I am making.
"I am seeing the specialist soon and hopefully he will say that my knee is fine to start doing exercises with the ball and increase my running to a quicker pace.
"I feel I am improving all the time. In two months I hope to be training with my team-mates. That is the target for me. After that, I want to be back playing football again before Christmas."
Civelli says he immediately knew his problem was serious: "I knew it was a bad injury when I went down. I have never had a feeling in my knee like that before.
"The first month or so was hard, but I have always remained positive and now I can look forward to playing again as quickly as possible."
Civelli made eight appearances for the Blues last season after signing from Banfield in his home country for a fee of around £1.1 million.