Villa pair out for two weeks
Villa pair Carlos Cuellar and Nigel Reo-Coker could be sidelined for the next fortnight, manager Martin O'Neill revealed today.
The duo are both struggling with recurrences of hamstring problems and are almost certain to miss Sunday's FA Cup trip to Everton.
But O'Neill is hopeful Luke Young will be fit to face the Toffees following his withdrawal from the England squad for tonight's friendly with Spain to undergo treatment on his toe problem at Bodymoor.
"Nigel had a setback when he returned to training," said O'Neill.
"He felt pretty good about it, but then he re-injured it. Carlos has had a setback too. It is a problem, he is very sore at the moment.
"We don't know how long they are going to be, but it might still be a couple of weeks.
"Luke will have a better chance of playing now by trying to get it resolved here. I think England understood that."
And O'Neill revealed Freddie Bouma is showing signs of overcoming the psychological scars of his horrific dislocated ankle injury.
"Wilfred is getting a little closer," added the Villa chief.
"He is playing games now and he is thinking less and less about it (the injury), which is obviously very good news."