Gary Neville has named Alvaro Negredo in his first Valencia squad for their must-win Champions League clash with Lyon at the Mestalla.
The Liga side need three points to put themselves in contention for a place in the knockout stages,as well as hoping that Gent fail to beat Zenit in the other game in Group H.
"He's not played for two months but he is in the squad for tomorrow evening and we'll need to build up his match sharpness because he's been out a long time," Neville said.
"The thing with Alvaro is to bring him back in little by little because he hasn't done that much training.
"It has to be our own pace, that suits Alvaro and the doctors and fitness coaches, but there is the chance for us to play with two strikers at some point [against Lyon].
"Some of the players speak English and I am learning some of the key phrases in Spanish but I have a long way to go," the England coach added.
"Because of Phil, because of David and some players speaking English it has been easier.
"Because I can demonstrate things visually on the pitch and on video then they understand straight away because players understand football."
