Daniel Wells to miss 10 days with calf injury as Collingwood confirms former Kanga has ‘minor’ setback

A FRESH calf injury will keep Daniel Wells sidelined a little longer, but the Pies say it’s “nothing major” with all eyes on Round 1 of the 2017 season.

Daniel Wells jogs laps in his new colours. Picture: Wayne Ludbey

DANIEL Wells’ lingering calf issues will keep him sidelined a little longer, with assistant coach Brenton Sanderson confirming the Collingwood recruit would miss a further 10 days and be managed in a bid to be firing for 2017.

Last week Wells had tongues wagging when he did little on the track before heading indoors, but he and the club played down talk of a fresh injury.

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However Sanderson, speaking on Melbourne radio on Wednesday morning, said the former Kangaroo had sustained a “very minor” injury that would keep him off the track for a while longer.

“He’s probably going to miss about 10 days of training, he’s got a slight strain of the soleus which as you know once you hit 30 they tend to pop up every now and again,” Sanderson told RSN.

Daniel Wells at Collingwood training last week. Picture: Wayne Ludbey

“He really is the Ferrari in the garage that you just want to bring out when you need to, and he’s just going to add so much class to this side ... we’ve just got make sure we get him to Round 1 in really good physical shape and typically players at the back-end of their career need to managed more carefully and he definitely ticks that box.

“We’ve just got make sure we get him to Round 1 fit and raring to go.”

Wells crossed to Collingwood as a free agent in October on a three-year deal reportedly worth as much as $1.5 million.

He had previously knocked back a two-year deal at Arden St said to be worth $1.1 million.

Originally published as Daniel Wells to miss 10 days with calf injury as Collingwood confirms former Kanga has ‘minor’ setback