JAMES Henry could be out for a month with the calf injury he suffered before Saturday’s defeat to Wigan Athletic.

The Oxford United midfielder limped out of the warm-up less than half an hour before kick-off at the Kassam Stadium.

Karl Robinson feared immediately that the 32-year-old could be unavailable for some time, but the news was more positive than expected.

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“It’s three to four weeks we think. It’s better than we thought, thankfully,” the U’s head coach said.

“At this time of year everyone has injuries, coughs, colds and Covid, you’re always without players.

“Other than Jamo and the likes of Alex (Gorrin) we’ve got most of our players raring to go for the AFC (Wimbledon) game. We’ll be ready for that.”

Although Henry will be absent against Wimbledon next Wednesday, the U’s expect to welcome back the four players who were self-isolating for the Wigan game.

Cameron Brannagan, Herbie Kane, Luke McNally and Sam Winnall all missed out against the Latics, but should be back in training over the next few days.

United are in today and tomorrow, but get Christmas Day and Boxing Day off before returning to Oxford Sports Park on Monday.

Nathan Holland will also be back in training next week after a hamstring issue kept him out against Wigan, with the winger expected to feature against Wimbledon.

Jordan Thorniley is also available again after he was suspended last Saturday.