His long-standing hamstring troubles are now almost as famous as Alan Shearer's goals.
Glenn Roeder: "Kieron Dyer is having an extended period of rehab and is working really well at the moment, flat out. We're not expecting him back at the training ground until the end of August, but we're monitoring his progress.
"It'll be around about the end of August when we will really put all his hard work to the test when we get into the situation of playing him in games.
We're really positive about him at the moment, we need him fit. If I could have him for 30-plus starts, that would be absolutely wonderful."