Ten months after dramatically breaking his leg Fraser Forster returned to action last night helping Southampton’s u-21 side to a 1-0 win over Chelsea.
The former Celtic keeper made a big impact at Southampton following his £10m transfer with Ronald Koeman’s side defying the critics to fly high in the Premier League.
After breaking his leg against Burnley, Forster was told that it would be a year before he would be back in action with yesterday’s match a significant landmark in his recovery.
“Obviously, a bit rusty, but it was perfect,” he admitted. “I’m buzzing to get 90 minutes under my belt, it’s probably been nine-and-a-half months now.
“I’m just delighted, just to kind of get through it, and the victory makes it that much better.
“It’s stage by stage, one day at a time. We’ve done everything correctly for the last nine months and not rushed.
“We’ve done it step by step and that’s how we’ll continue to the end. There’s no rush. I just want to make sure I get it right and when that day comes it will come.
“It will be good to play a few more 90 minutes, get that under my belt and just go from there, but like I said we’re looking step by step, day by day and we’ll see where it takes us.”
Since breaking his leg Forster has found another former Celtic team-mate move to the South coast with Virgil van Dijk joining the Saints in August.
With Victor Wanyama an essential part of the Southampton midfield Koeman could soon be fielding a team featuring all three former Celts.
Good luck to you big man at Glasgow Celtics Reserves,a stellar player for the Tims, maybe its time to get you back along with the rest,naw never go back always go forward, there is other great players out there, its finding them that’s the problemo,
Common John Park get the finger oot and bring them in,youv had 7 days already,hurry up, only good ones mind