Zoltan Gera hoping for injury return before end of season

West Brom midfielder Zoltan Gera thinks he has an outside chance of returning to action before the end of the season after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in November. The Hungary international passed up the opportunity to have a synthetic ligament installed in his knee for the safer option of routine surgery in the hope of prolonging his career long term. But Gera, 32, has still not ruled out the possibility of returning at the end of the campaign although his more realistic target is the start of next season.