Source: Team_Talk
Johnson can't wait to return
Michael Johnson's return from a knee operation is being spurred on by the prospect of playing alongside Manchester City's galaxy of stars.[LNB] The 22-year-old has not played since the Carling Cup tie at Scunthorpe last October after rupturing a cruciate knee ligament in training.[LNB]He is now on course to return to full training in the next couple of months and he is targeting a playing return, possibly by December.[LNB]"It will be great to play in a really good team. It's easy to forget that we were just a mid-table team not too long ago," he said.[LNB]"We had some decent players, in fact some very good players, but as a team we were doing average.[LNB]"Now when you see the way we played against Liverpool (a 3-0 win) - things are just looking so good.[LNB]"It would be so easy to play in this team. Having those sort of quality players around you makes it easier."[LNB]On his recovery progress Johnson told the club's website: "It's going well. I saw the surgeon two weeks ago and he said about six to eight weeks before full training.[LNB]"Getting full fitness from there is another step but December doesn't seem that far now, everything's getting a lot closer for me.[LNB]"I'm out there getting fit, and that seemed a long way off back in February.[LNB]"I'm not rushing it but a game before December would be a bonus, really."
