JamesPallatt published Garry Birtles column: Britt Assombalonga can come back stronger...

Britt Assombalonga's injury sounds a bit like the one Derby County's Shaun Barker suffered in a derby clash against the Reds a few years ago – but thankfully not as bad.It's taken Barker three years and three operations to recover from a dislocated knee and ruptured ligaments, while hopefully the Reds' £5.5m club record buy will be back in a year having had surgery on the dislocated kneecap and ligament damage he sustained just over a week ago.A year is still a hell of a long time...