Fremantle coach Ross Lyon is adamant Harley Bennell remains on track to play in the first half of the season despite the star midfielder needing more treatment on his troublesome calves.
Bennell was seen at Fremantle hospital on Tuesday, and Lyon later confirmed the 24-year-old had pulled up sore after an increase in his training loads.
"He has been training really intensely, doing really heavy volumes and he had delayed soreness so we had it scanned," Lyon told Channel 7.
"You can just go in and give it some treatment. I don't know exactly what they do but under ultrasound they can give it an injection and (it) just frees it up.
"It certainly won't delay him at all on his potential return, so he'll just be backed off for a day or so but he'll run again later this week and get moving again.
"It's getting to the exciting stage for Harley."
Bennell missed all of last season with calf issues and he flew to Germany in December to receive treatment from soft tissue expert Dr Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfarht.
No definitive timeline has been set for Bennell's return but it's hoped he'll be able to play within the next one to two months.
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