A former England international believes Championship players are being rushed back to action too quickly.
Tony Daley, who spent a decade as Wolves' head of sports science and conditioning, is wary of the timeframe to restart the second tier.
Nottingham Forest and their Championship rivals are set to restart their season later this month, on June 20.
The Reds were last in action at the beginning of March, with the campaign suspended since then due to the coronavirus crisis.
Sabri Lamouchi's men were back in training last week, initially on a non-contact basis, and now have less than three weeks to prepare before taking to the field again.
Some second tier sides have criticised the schedule, following the English Football League's announcement on Sunday, with QPR and former Forest boss Mark Warburton insisting the plans put players' safety at risk.
Reported Reds target Lyle Taylor and fellow out-of-contract Charlton Athletic players Chris Solly and David Davis, on loan from Birmingham City, will not play over fears they will get injured and ruin summer moves.
And Daley feels returning so quickly is a gamble.
He told the PA news agency: "It's definitely a week, minimum, too early to come back (to playing).
"Players will have been doing something to tick over but you can't substitute football fitness, contact, accelerating, decelerating and in two-and-a-half weeks.
"They will have been mentally switched off and to come back in two-and-a-half weeks, it's a big ask. It can be done but I won't be surprised if there's a large increased in soft muscle injuries.
"In any other circumstances if they have been off for this length of time - if they've been injured - it would take four-to-six weeks to get back to match fitness and that's including practice games. There will be an issue with injuries."
The former winger, who earned seven England caps, expects a spike in the number of injuries.
In the build-up to the Bundesliga resuming last month, Borussia Dortmund lost five players to muscle strains in the 17 days, the same amount of time before the Championship starts again, with many teams having only just returned to contact training.
"Look at Germany now, there's a three-to-four fold injury increase because of the way they returned," said Daley, who now runs his own personal training business, 7Daley.
"In any pre-season you have a build-up for four-to-six games before you start playing, that includes at least playing two 90 minute games.
"The players aren't coming back from scratch and I wouldn't be surprised if they've had a two-week programme and it's changed accordingly to when they were going to come back.
"They will be at a decent level but it's cramming that into a two-and-a-half week period."
