UTILITY player Danny Williams can see light at the end of the tunnel after surgery in October and is hoping to be back in action for Wrexham ahead of schedule.
The versatile 28-year-old, equally at home in either midfield or defence, was told he would be sidelined until at least February after an operation to trim a disc in his spine, but his rehabilitation is going well and he is now targeting a return to action next month.
“I went back to see the specialist last week and he was happy with what he saw, so I’ve been given the go-ahead to step up my recovery programme,” said Williams yesterday.
“I’m not getting any pain like I was before and, touch wood, everything is looking good. The disc was pressing on a nerve in my back and after putting up with that for the past three years it had to be sorted out.
“It was restricting my movement and causing me problems, especially when it came to playing three games in a week, but that has all gone now and the specialist told me to push on as much as I want.
“I’d like to think that I could be ready to start playing reserve-team football towards the end of January and after that it will be up to the manager as to just when I get back into the first team.”
Since Williams has been out of action, of course, Brian Little has replaced Brian Carey as Dragons’ boss and the new man in charge at the Racecourse is likely to try and strengthen his squad when the transfer window re-opens in the New Year.
But Williams is confident he still has a role to play in helping steer the Dragons away from the lower reaches of League Two and is counting the days until he can rejoin his team-mates in training.
“When it comes to playing football, I’m a pretty confident sort of person,” he added. “And I’d like to think that the gaffer, although he has not seen me playing yet, knows a little bit about me from previous experience.
“I’ve got a bit of catching up to do, of course, but when I do come back I’ll be going all out to do my best for him and the club and hopefully that will see me restored to the first team.
“We’ve had the odd chat since he came in, but at the moment he has got to concentrate on the team first and foremost.
“I appreciate and understand that while I’m still doing the rehabilitation I am not going to be high on his list of priorities and that’s okay.
“At the moment I’m just concentrating on the recovery work and I’m feeling really good. I can twist and turn now without any discomfort and according to the specialist I should be able to do pretty much what I want when I’m fit to play again.”
