Mido pleased with progress
14 Dec 2007 - 16:22:21
Injured Middlesbrough sriker Mido insists he will be ready to get among the goals ahead of schedule in the new year.
The 24-year-old Egypt international has featured in only seven Premier League matches for Boro so far this season because of a groin problem.
But former Tottenham forward Mido told the Evening Gazette: "The medical staff are very pleased with my progress.
"I am working really hard on the physical side and doing everything right to get fit. I believe I will be back much sooner than the original estimates. Maybe three weeks, no more, I hope.
"But it's one of those injuries where you can't set a time-scale. It's in the bone. It's more difficult to deal with than a muscle injury, or a tendon injury.
"I played in some games when I wasn't 100 per cent fit. I had no pre-season with Spurs but I went straight into the games here because they needed me.
"It was probably not the most sensible thing to do, but at the time both Jeremie Aliadiere and Tuncay were injured and I felt the team needed me.
"I was the most available striker, if you like, even though I was not 100 per cent. Some players choose not to play in those situations, some do."