MIDDLESBROUGH defender Anfernee Dijksteel is available to make his return from injury against Millwall this weekend but Riley McGree will not be back in action until after the international break.

The 25-year-old missed the midweek defeat to Sheffield United after suffering with illness but manager Chris Wilder has confirmed he is fit enough to play this weekend.

However, there has ‘complications’ with McGree’s calf injury and the Australian will miss tomorrow’s game in London as well as the trip to Birmingham City and next weekend’s FA Cup quarter final against Chelsea. Boro are confident that the midfielder will be back after the extended break.

Wilder said: “Anfernee Dijksteel, who missed out on Tuesday, will be good. He missed out through illness.

“Riley McGree will miss the game. There was a little bit of a complication regarding his injury so he is not available and he won’t travel but apart from that, we’ve got everybody available to travel down to London.

“He won’t be available until after the international break, which is obviously really disappointing. It’s something a little deeper, but he will be okay. We’ll possibly get him fit for Australia, which is great. He should be back for the Peterborough.

“We’ve had it scanned again and he’s extremely disappointed. It’s just an issue in there and it means it’s not short-term in terms of saying he’s going to be ready for Birmingham or Chelsea. But he should definitely be available for Peterborough.”

McGree has endured an injury hit time at Boro since signing on a permanent deal from January having made just three appearances so far.

Coupled with McGree’s injury problems is the fact that Martin Payero has been out for the last few weeks with an ankle injury he picked up in the draw against Queens Park Rangers. With a hectic fixture schedule, it’s left Wilder short on options for using different players in midfield.

While there is no time scale on Payero’s recovery, the manager remains optimistic that the Argentine will play again this season.

Wilder added: “Because he didn’t have an op it really is a week by week situation. He’s working really hard towards that and I’m sure he will be back before the end of the season which is good. I’m sure both would have featured but they haven’t so we can’t look into that too much.

“Everybody has had these situations in this period of the season. It’s obviously cleared up a lot more then when it was when I first took over. One soft-tissue injury now compared to about five or six when we arrived. Martin’s injury was obviously a tackle and there’s not much you can do about that.”