Kewell targets Nou Camp
From correspondents in Liverpool
January 21, 2007
HARRY Kewell has set his sights on being back in the Liverpool team in time for next month's Champions League trip to Barcelona, after running for the first time since last July's World Cup.
Liverpool travels to the Nou Camp on February 21 for the first leg of a second-round meeting with the defending champion, and Kewell believes he is on track to be on the plane after a string of injuries that threatened to result in a premature end to his career.
"I actually started running on Tuesday for the first time since the World Cup, so that was amazing, just getting to this stage is a major relief and a weight off my mind," said the Australian overnight.
Kewell returned to England in November after undergoing surgery on his left foot and groin in Sydney and, although his rehabilitation is progressing well, he admits being sidelined becomes harder to bear the nearer he gets to a comeback.
"I think the desperation to play gets cranked up a little now that I am back here at Liverpool," he told the club's matchday program.
"I know I am getting closer but I'm so keen to get back into it now that it can't come quickly enough for me. This is the frustrating stage, when it's close enough that you start to get your hopes up.
"It is gutting seeing the boys play and knowing that you can't be part of it - just yet.
"I hope that I'm about three or four weeks away from being fully fit. I'm under the supervision of the medical team here and the surgeons who operated on me, so once they are all happy with the running then I can start on ball work and once that is going well, it is up to the manager when he decides I'm ready to return.
"I've been back in England since the middle of November, and it's getting harder and harder. The lads are great here, they're always asking when I'm going to be ready and how I'm going but you can't really feel part of it unless you're getting your shirt dirty with them at the weekend."
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From correspondents in Liverpool
January 21, 2007
HARRY Kewell has set his sights on being back in the Liverpool team in time for next month's Champions League trip to Barcelona, after running for the first time since last July's World Cup.
Liverpool travels to the Nou Camp on February 21 for the first leg of a second-round meeting with the defending champion, and Kewell believes he is on track to be on the plane after a string of injuries that threatened to result in a premature end to his career.
"I actually started running on Tuesday for the first time since the World Cup, so that was amazing, just getting to this stage is a major relief and a weight off my mind," said the Australian overnight.
Kewell returned to England in November after undergoing surgery on his left foot and groin in Sydney and, although his rehabilitation is progressing well, he admits being sidelined becomes harder to bear the nearer he gets to a comeback.
"I think the desperation to play gets cranked up a little now that I am back here at Liverpool," he told the club's matchday program.
"I know I am getting closer but I'm so keen to get back into it now that it can't come quickly enough for me. This is the frustrating stage, when it's close enough that you start to get your hopes up.
"It is gutting seeing the boys play and knowing that you can't be part of it - just yet.
"I hope that I'm about three or four weeks away from being fully fit. I'm under the supervision of the medical team here and the surgeons who operated on me, so once they are all happy with the running then I can start on ball work and once that is going well, it is up to the manager when he decides I'm ready to return.
"I've been back in England since the middle of November, and it's getting harder and harder. The lads are great here, they're always asking when I'm going to be ready and how I'm going but you can't really feel part of it unless you're getting your shirt dirty with them at the weekend."
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