Cardiff City will welcome midfielder Alex Robertson back against Blackburn Rovers this weekend.

The influential Bluebirds midfielder has missed their last two games through injury but will return against Rovers on Saturday. Cardiff were beaten 1-0 by Luton Town in the week and will be looking for a response at home.

"He has come through the injury well and he will hopefully be training through the rest of this week and then ready to go on Saturday," Riza on Robertson.

"He will be ready to be in the squad (for Blackburn). With his previous injury, it was important not to rush him back.

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"Every game is important. Coming into the international window with a long period without a game, I’m sure the boys will be ready and raring to go. 

"We’ve got a squad there. A few of the boys came on and managed to get a runout, which I thought was important for Saturday. We’ve got players potentially coming back in as well. It’s a short turnaround, like a lot of the games in this league through this period. We’ll be ready."

Cardiff have been a much-improved team since Riza took the job on an interim basis. There has been talks with the club about extending that into a permanent position after taking 14 points from eight games.

With no official announcement, the Bluebirds caretaker has been tight-lipped on his future.

"This is not about me, it's about the team and the club," he insisted. 

"A defeat doesn't mean all the work has been undone. The fans have been great today and supported the boys brilliantly. It's just a shame we couldn't have got at least a point out of today, then it would have been a good day."