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​Swansea still missing fractured arm victim Llorente

Swansea striker Fernando Llorente has returned to training after fracturing his arm but will not be considered for Manchester United's Premier League visit on Saturday.

The 32-year-old will miss United's trip to the Liberty Stadium, but Swansea boss Paul Clement hopes the Spain international will play at Crystal Palace the following Saturday.

"Crystal Palace is a possibility. We will see," Clement told the official Swansea website.

"Because of the nature of the injury to the arm, he lost a lot of upper-body bulk.

"He managed as well as possible to maintain his cardio-fitness, but he is going to have to rebuild that upper-body strength which he wasn't able to work on while the arm was fractured.

"We will take it day by day with him.

"Hopefully he will respond well to the training and will be available soon."

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