Source: Team_Talk
McCarthy issues Kightly update
Wolves winger Michael Kightly is stepping up his fitness programme as he looks to finally put 15 months of injury frustration behind him.[LNB] And Wolves manager Mick McCarthy is hopeful the 24-year-old will be able to be part of the club's pre-season trip to Ireland starting on July 14.[LNB]Kightly, signed from Grays Athletic for just £20,000 in January 2007, played a major part in Wolves gaining promotion back to the Premier League.[LNB]His injury nightmare started when he broke his foot in March 2009, and he returned last September only to require ankle surgery which kept him out for two months.[LNB]He then suffered a patella problem and was sidelined for the second half of the campaign, but has started work on an anti-gravity treadmill to bolster his recovery.[LNB]McCarthy is keen for him to join up with the squad for the Ireland trip, which includes a friendly with Bohemians on July 17, and the same applies for left-back Stephen Ward, who is recovering after undergoing clean-up surgery on a cartilage problem at the end of last season.[LNB]McCarthy said: "Michael is training on the 'AlterG' (anti gravity treadmill). He's doing his programme and that won't be altered.[LNB]"He'll have two weeks (rehabilitation work) before joining us and it's the same with Stephen Ward. They'll be coming with us to Ireland. We're taking everyone."[LNB]Ward, who will be 25 in August, was another McCarthy bargain capture from Bohemians for just £100,000.
