Ipswich Town's Emyr Huws has opened up to the East Anglian Daily Times about his recent injury hell, admitting he's keen to make up for lost time.

The 26-year-old missed eighteen months of action after suffering a serious knee injury in a clash with Middlesbrough in December 2017. He was unable to help save the club from relegation and returned at the beginning of this season as a League One player.

After such a long spell out it's been tough for the midfielder, something he admitted in the candid interview.

"It's been a very tough couple of years so to be where I am now is incredible," he said.

"I'd always hoped I'd get to this point, which is why I kept on going, because there were times when it was looking quite bleak to be honest. There was probably one time when we had saturated all options and I still wasn't able to train."

Despite the apparent desperation of his situation, he's fought back to full fitness and came off the bench on the opening day as Ipswich beat Burton Albion 1-0. He has started matches in the EFL Cup, EFL Trophy, as well as a league game and he's simply focused on pushing his side on to a Championship return.

"Of course that's the aim now. I'm keen to make up for lost time and repay the faith people have shown in me and be successful here. I want to be here for the foreseeable future and be successful. That's the goal."

Ipswich currently top the Championship table by two points after a blistering start to life in the third tier. Huws, who started life as a trainee with Manchester City, will be hoping to feature this weekend as they face Joey Barton's Fleetwood Town.

The Verdict

Ipswich are setting the pace and Huws is a player who has contributed, if not featured centrally during their run.

The Welsh midfielder is in a talented squad and that's both to his detriment and benefit. It makes it harder to get a run of ten starts, but it's also allowing him to be drip-fed back into the side and not putting too much pressure on him.

Fans often feel that recovery ends when a player steps on the field, but mentally he will have scars he has to overcome as well, which means the current approach is probably right.

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