Nigel Adkins reveals Charlton Athletic & Conor Washington injury latest ahead of Sunderland test

Defensive duo Akin Famewo and Ryan Inniss are both available for selection but Washington remains absent as he recovers from his hamstring injury head of the 3pm kick-off at the Stadium of Light.

“Conor Washington won’t make the squad but he’s progressing nicely,” said Adkins ahead of the game.

“Akin Famewo has trained all week with us so that’s positive and Ryan Inniss has trained all week as well, so that’s been another positive in respect of how he’s responded from his first game back.

"There’s been no reaction, touch wood, and he’s trained really well this week.”

The Charlton boss added: “I said to the players on the first day: ‘bring the best of you every single day to training’.

"We’re all together - together everyone achieves more.

"Everyone wants to play but I can only pick 11, so what you’ve got to do is when you’re in the team give everything you’ve got for the team.”

Charlton are seventh in League One, three points and a place outside the final play-off spot ahead of the trip to Wearside.

Sunderland are third after the Easter weekend fixtures, a 3-1 home win over Oxford United followed by the point at Peterborough United on Monday against their automatic promotion rivals.

Adkins watched Sunderland play on Monday and admits Lee Johnson’s side have many strengths but he is confident Charlton will provide a very difficult test.

He added: “I went up to watch Peterborough against Sunderland on Monday.

"I drove up and took in the opportunity to watch Sunderland play live.

"Maybe they’ve adapted themselves a little bit during that game because they’ve played the conditions of the pitch at Peterborough but we know their strengths, they’ve got a lot of strengths.

"Lee Johnson is an experienced manager, they’ve got experienced players up there and we’re under no illusions that it’s going to be a real challenging game for us, but we’ve got to make sure it’s a challenging game for them as well.”

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